The benefit of having not one, but two, International Moth World Champions onboard an AC40 cannot be understated and what Tom Slingsby and Paul Goodison underlined today out in Pensacola Bay is that they are bringing dynamite technique sailing to this America’s Cup.
With the cant sweeps and heel sweeps completed, Riley Gibbs the upcoming superstar of world sailing was rotated in to give him more time on the helm and there was simply no loss in form. The young sailors are coming through fast in this America’s Cup cycle and are set to be sensations in the coming years such is the opportunity afforded by the AC40 pathway. In interview afterwards, Riley was a gem talking through the day saying: “yeah…similar to what we did yesterday with the cant sweeps and true wind angle sweeps and boatspeed sweeps, we wanted to go through that again today on the on the ‘lake’ that we have here inside which has been pretty nice, you know you get almost VPP like conditions to play around in, so it’s great to get the results we’re after compared against our tools… different mainsail setups and twist combinations obviously you know we were quite down range on the on the J3 towards the end and deliberately wanted to try that out and see how it compares so yeah just trying to get a better understanding of the equipment that we’re using as far as the One Design sails and you know the whole package really.”
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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