Life at 50 knots is rapidly becoming commonplace for Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli who put in one of the finest sailing sessions of this America’s Cup cycle on Wednesday to firmly lay out their stall as the most compelling of Challengers for the 37th America’s Cup in Barcelona.
Speaking afterwards Dan Jowett who was onboard today in the joyride seat and a mechanical engineer from New Zealand who specialised in yacht aerodynamics and worked as an engineer at the Yacht Research Unit and Twisted Flow Wind Tunnel in his native Auckland as well as being a member of the Measurement Committee at the 36th America’s Cup, gave a great interview saying: “We had perfect champagne conditions today, bit of a Mistral, and had a range of wind strengths that sort of built slowly over the day but really flat water that gave us some great opportunities for straight-lining for a little bit this morning to test a few things and then a few laps this afternoon with some race marks in and put the sailing team under a bit of pressure and some tight turns and things, so awesome day on the water.”
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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