New York Yacht Club American Magic may well be into their final few days of sailing on beautiful Pensacola Bay, but the pace of development ramped up a notch today as the team unveiled a new, sturdier looking port foil, beefed up around the side-wall area of the pointy bulb presumably in a leeway-defying move and some interesting outer flaps, painted in white with red markers on the outer foil. Notable too was that the new foil had upturned winglets at the outer end of both the inner and outer ends.
Speaking afterwards Andrew Campbell was his usual open self in interview, saying: “Yeah another ‘Monday Blues’ man, we are starting to see that summer weather creep into Pensacola here so warm, sticky, and thunder stormy today, so we tried to sneak in a little session ahead of the of the weather and we ended up getting a lot of it on top of us…the good thing is that all the beach goers and guys in their power boats and families out for a day cruise sail are happy to go in when the rain starts so we’re left alone out on the Bay and it’s still good sailing conditions because the data is still being collected, it’s just not as nice to look at.”
Section 41. Reconnaissance
a) As a campaign cost reduction measure, COR/D has mutually agreed to cooperatively implement a centralised reconnaissance programme for all teams for the reconnaissance of all Competitors’ AC75 Yachts, AC40 Yachts and LEQ12 yachts including both on-land and on-water imagery (the “Joint Recon Programme”).
b) Each team is assigned a two-person Recon Unit to follow their every on-water move, but it’s not that simple. The cameras are supplied and identical for all Recon Units. Drones are not allowed, and they can’t get that close, plus following a boat and keeping a camera steady at 45 knots isn’t that easy to begin with.
c) A three minute interview follows each on water day, and teams must answer the Recon Unit’s questions while trying not to give too much away. It’s a raw, unedited view of the never before seen behind-the-scenes development of a team and their boat to win the oldest trophy in international sports.
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