Emirates Team New Zealand LEQ12 Day 12 Summary

Emirates Team New Zealand’s senior sailing team were both testing and tested today, venturing out onto a worsening weather forecast in maximum top-end conditions that saw gusts of 26 knots filtering down over the highest tide of the year. Ray Davies, the Head Coach at Emirates Team New Zealand, offered his usual outstanding insight and thoughts on the day saying: “Definitely a top end day and we made sure the tide was with the wind today so yeah huge tides at the moment in Auckland, we were seeing up 26 knots at times so proper top end but a lot of the time 18 to 26 range. It was a good real shakedown; we want to see the boat right back up the range and flicking around between manual or auto control as we wish but the boat was going really good up range. We made a few subtle changes, but you probably won't know what they were, and we’ve got a horrendous forecast for the next week, so we wanted to push into today and get a good day and then we’ll be ashore for a while now until the breeze settles.” 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