Alinghi Red Bull Racing BoatZero Day 55 Summary

After some absolutely thundering sessions in the AC40 all this week, on Friday it was the welcome return of BoatZero for Alinghi Red Bull Racing who brought back the much-modified AC75 after considerable time in the shed repairing the rudder tower structure that so dramatically failed back at the end of March. Speaking afterwards, Adolfo Carrau, Alinghi Red Bull Racing’s superb Design Co-Ordinator who spends a good deal of his time on the water assessing and reporting back to the design team summarised the day accurately, saying: “We managed to tick all the boxes after we damaged the rudder and a bit of the structure surrounding the rudder tower and so on. We had a lot of new gear too to commission and that took the first part of the day plus we took the opportunity to change some systems inside the boat as well so that was a big half of the day with just tuning systems and making sure they were up to the task in these conditions which today were a bit on the on the extreme side…and then just getting the guys back into AC75 rhythm which is quite different to the AC40 in terms of more people that need to be co-ordinated in the big swell, in straight lines and manoeuvres, so I think as the day progressed the guys got better at it and I think was a pretty successful day at the end.” 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