INEOS Britannia T6 Day 18 Summary

Is spring around the corner? If you were in Palma today, you would certainly have thought so as a gentle breeze in the city ushered in an unseasonably mild 15-16 degrees and whilst that was welcome news to the shore team of INEOS Britannia – some even broke out the shorts – for the sailors it was a case of making the best of the day and towing far offshore to capture the afternoon zephyrs. The superb Rob Wilson, ‘supercoach’ to INEOS Britannia (the job title has stuck) was again on the microphone afterwards and gave his usual illuminating commentary. Talking about the conditions he offered: “We're still in this tricky weather pattern down here in Palma, so we’ve got these north easterlies and north westerlies, it was actually so warm today earlier on, we had 15-16 degrees that we were starting to get a little bit of a sea breeze up near C’an Pastilla and S’Arenal so with the north-westerly fighting that south-westerly we thought we’d cut our losses in the end and so it was a half hour tow to outside the Bay and we got some really good sailing in there.” 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