Alinghi Red Bull Racing BoatZero Day 49 Summary

If there were any doubts as to the levels of confidence building into the Alinghi Red Bull Racing programme, they were thoroughly dispelled on a devastating Monday session that saw Dean Barker return in his role as Sailing Team Advisor monitoring and gauging the significant improvements that have been made in recent weeks. The Swiss have leap-frogged forward both in terms of technical additions and sailing style. They are a compelling outfit to watch, and the programme is relentless in its intensity. One person in the Alinghi Red Bull Racing team that is always worth talking to is Adolfo Carrau, the design co-ordinator who spends so much time on the water bridging Marcelino Botin’s design office with the sailor feedback. The big integration is clearly the custom cyclor system that the Swiss have installed and Adolfo gave an interesting perspective saying: “Well the cyclors have been on the boat for a couple of days now and a big part of the day was getting the guys comfortable with the new systems and to learn how to choose the systems and to know what they are expected to do in the manoeuvres and straight lines…the system is our own custom system which we cannot tell much about…we have Théry Schir, he's a professional cyclist, and the thing is what we're doing on this boat is very different to what they (pro-cyclists) do as sometimes we need bursts of output during the manoeuvres and then in a straight line you are feeling the accumulator so it's a bit different and that's what they need to get used to in the next few months.” 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