INEOS Britannia AC40-2 Day 9 Summary

Winter training in the northern hemisphere this year has been very much a hit or miss affair. Unseasonal breezes, rain squalls, snowfalls even have been reported from Cagliari, Palma and Barcelona making it tough on the America’s Cup programmes that are noticeably ramping up as the countdown to the start of competition ticks on. Time is the greatest enemy in any America’s Cup campaign – you simply never have enough - and after completing a short morning session on Monday to catch a weather window, the INEOS Britannia sailors have had to wait until Wednesday to get back on the water with snow-covered Mallorca hills as a backdrop. Iain Jensen chose his words carefully in the interview afterwards but came away with a good first impression, saying: “It's a great boat, everything is reasonably simple on it and it all works pretty well so yeah impressed with the boat and I’m sure it’ll be a good tool for us…I guess the characteristic of these type of boats is the righting moment changes so much with your heel and so I guess in these boats you've really got to be on it and you can't get out of whack otherwise it's hard to recover it.” 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