Alinghi Red Bull Racing BoatZero Day 56 Summary

It was a long day on the water for the Alinghi Red Bull Racing Team sailors on Tuesday as the easterly ‘Levant’ wind waited until late in the day to fill along the Barcelona shoreline. When it did, the session was electric with BoatZero, the Swiss team’s AC75, flying up and down the waterfront with the Flight Controllers wrestling the boat through manoeuvres desperate to keep the bow from digging in post tack and gybe. The Swiss interpretation looks logical and, on the water, the cyclors are largely anonymous, tucked away in extremely aero positions and far enough forward to create decent communication between helm, flight control, trim and cyclor. It’s a great system that Théry Schir, one of the new breed of powertrain athletes in this America’s Cup and himself a double Olympian in cycling thinks will be improved upon as he said: “Well for sure everyone is involved in designing and developing the boat…it's really cool actually, it's pretty 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