A frustrating Thursday for both Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and Alinghi Red Bull Racing as both teams attempted to sail but found conditions conspiring against them. For Alinghi Red Bull Racing, March 2nd is a date etched into the team’s DNA as it marks the moment 20 years ago when Ernesto Bertarelli lifted the America’s Cup having beaten Team New Zealand in Auckland 5-0 in a very one-sided Match that took the Auld Mug back to Europe for the first time since the event’s inception in 1851. The team reportedly celebrated in style at the Alinghi Red Bull Racing base in the evening to mark the occasion.
For the Swiss sailors though, a day that promised much with the first outing of the new deck configuration complete with cyclor station (now confirmed) was not to be. BoatZero was craned in to undergo extensive tests on all the new systems, which had the tech team onboard for some four hours, before eventually the call was made not to sail. The chase boat took the boat out of the harbour for one tow run out and back again to run through systems analysis before calling it a day and craning out.
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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