An encouraging day for Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli with the technicians doing a stellar job in ironing out the gremlins from the team’s new AC40 and delivering a fully functional platform on Saturday for the sailors to begin commissioning. The weather though in Cagliari was up and down with a dense rain-laden weather system filtering off the Capoterra mountains early in the session, shutting out the sunlight, and delivering gusts up to 20 knots before clearing and leaving very marginal foiling conditions of just 7-8 knots. Once up and flying, Francesco Bruni, Marco Gradoni, Umberto Molineris and Andrea Tesei brought all the foiling tricks into play, flying low with windward heel and bow down whilst oversheeting the traveller to windward in the patches.
Francesco Bruni gave a super-positive interview afterwards, delighted that the early technical issues that the team faced with the AC40 have been sorted and is looking forward to the week ahead where the team will be running a two-boat programme with the AC40 and the LEQ12 that will be coming back out with upgrades. Francesco, one of the undoubted superstars of this America’s Cup cycle, runs through his initial observations of the AC40 in comparison with the LEQ12 and breaks down the day for us.
Much more to come next week from Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and with a decent forecast for the week ahead we will see the Italians really pushing both boats. It will be fascinating to watch.
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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