Alinghi Red Bull Racing BoatZero Day 40 Summary

Alinghi Red Bull Racing’s sailing week concluded on Friday with a thoroughly entertaining and highly productive morning session catching the north-westerly breeze that filtered over the Barcelona city centre producing puffy conditions that topped out at 10 knots with stronger gusts offshore. Nils Theuninck, the former ILCA and Finn ace and part of the Power Group for Alinghi Red Bull Racing, can clearly see the progress the team has made since the start of the year, saying: “I think we've made big improvements on our manoeuvre exits, the jib trim is much better and I think our manoeuvres were much better in the hard conditions we had today.” And when asked about the new jib system, Theuninck commented: “It's working really well, much better than the previous one, so yeah good step forward, still room to learn more …we are still working every time we go out as we try to measure jibs, measure loads and try to get some more speed out of it.” 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. #AC37Recon #AmericasCup #Barcelona2024