Emirates Team New Zealand Te Rehutai Day 13 Summary

Sailing on starboard tack in what seemed a relatively benign wind and sea state for the day, the tack of the J2 jib let go and the sail rapidly peeled off the forestay and swung back towards the port pods. Luckily no-one was hurt in the incident and the sailors backed the boat off and the Chase Team were in quickly with Ray Davies immediately on the bow inspecting the tack damage and reporting back. Pete Burling broke the incident down saying: “We’re not quite sure why it let go but yeah for us it's all a part of learning. We’re wanting to push the gear, push things hard and it's obviously unfortunate that it broke but we were probably lucky that it didn't hit anyone on the way back. Pretty happy that we could get it down, get everything else down, and get the boat back in one piece. Pretty nasty for it to be that big but yeah obviously happy to do it early on in the campaign…it blew back pretty quick and then it didn’t really light up the main too much at all, the hull just touches in and we put the boards down and started just kind of going backwards trying to get the apparent wind off it so we could save it from flapping and destroying too much stuff in the rig. It looks like the damage we’ve been pretty lucky with…I think we're in pretty good shape we’ll obviously have a good look at it tonight, obviously the jib’s not in the best shape but everything else seems to be alright.” 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