INEOS Britannia T6 Day 17 Summary

Not exactly tourist brochure weather today in Palma with leaden skies relentlessly depositing persistent precipitation whilst the mercury barely nudged above 12 degrees all day. The wind thankfully came back in for the INEOS Britannia team who made the very best of Saturday to catch up on their testing programme having sat out Friday after the total becalm on Thursday. After a slow start, the Bay of Palma served up an afternoon of blustery 15-18 knot breezes with at times a short chop and it was clear that the sailors were more than up for the challenge. And talking about what caused the splashdown, Wilson added: “We need to have a little look at the data but you've probably seen, and I'm sure you got it on the video, we ended up with two boards up in the air and so not a lot of righting moment and there was about 18 knots at the time and so it's just a real slow rollover and then we righted the boat from there, no damage to the boat initial inspections are all quite encouraging the boys actually really changed keep sailing but you know it's our first time putting her on a side so we thought it was prudent just come back to the shore and just check the electronics and make sure everything was okay.” 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