INEOS Britannia T6 Day 34 Summary

Keen to test themselves and the new W-Foil in the upper wind ranges, INEOS Britannia were greeted today with big mistral winds and a building waveform on the Bay of Palma and elected for a long tow round to the west off Portals Marina to find flatter water and a solid breeze that touched 18 knots at times. This was a day to push hard and with Ben Ainslie and Ben Cornish on the helm, replaced later in the session by Giles Scott, with Luke Parkinson and Iain Jensen on trim and flight control, this was the race team at race pace, with no compromises. Speaking afterwards Team Coach Xavi Fernandes was pretty calm about the situation saying: “Well again we pushed through the day more and more, we were quite conscious at the beginning and just making sure to take care of the gear and then you push more and more and you get a bit more into racing scenarios and one mistake here, one mistake there but I think everything was okay, we did a kind of a jump but nothing broken we kept sailing so it was good… I think it was quite the spectacular, but it didn't hit very hard the water when it came down and you know they didn't report any noises. Of course, it will be checked and all the floor area, but I think it was all good.” 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