Emirates Team New Zealand LEQ12 Day 10 Summary

Breeze on and Emirates Team New Zealand did what they do best – put the frighteners up the rest of the America’s Cup world. It was a magnificent display of sailing in the upper ranges today as the ‘Back Paddock’ delivered wind against tide and choppy water but for the Kiwis they pressed on “offshore as far as we could” according to helmsman Nathan Outteridge, in search of even more. They found it and then pushed to the outer limits, with Blair Tuke and Andy Maloney plying their flight control trade on the ragged edge of possibility. And as Outteridge, always immense in interview, said afterwards: “When you get to those bits where there is wind against tide you do get some good chop and we were just testing the limits on how high we can fly, how well the foil behaves at those high ride heights and like I think anybody who knows foiling knows, the less foil immersion is generally quicker. But you get a bit too high, you get too much air on the foil and the boat drops down. We’ve got a test foil on, and the one design foil, so just trying to learn a bit about those and it was a pretty good day for us.” 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