INEOS Britannia T6 Day 36 Summary

There’s an upbeat mood all around INEOS Britannia at the moment and a near five-hour testing session in pitch-perfect conditions out in Palma simply added more fuel to a fire that is burning brighter and brighter as the weeks go by. Flat water and 8-10 knots of breeze made for a day that would have the engineers back at Mission Control at Mercedes Applied Science in Brackley, jumping for joy. In interview, all the INEOS Britannia team are coy about the W-Foil with responses varying from “It’s certainly different” (Giles Scott) to “It’s obviously an interesting design” (Bleddyn Mon, to “It’s definitely an interesting concept” (Luke Parkinson). Today Will Bakewell put things into perspective when he said in interview afterwards with Justin Chisholm of the Recon Team: “It's obviously very different to what we've got on the other side, and I think that's a massive advantage and just being able to form those comparisons because we operate in very changeable conditions so trying to draw absolute comparisons on tiny changes is sometimes quite difficult so just having that comparison there is really useful. And it's different in so many regards as well that we can learn from it in all conditions and that's what we were trying to do today…it's not been a disappointment at all, actually it's gone very well, it's been reliable and interesting so I guess that's all that you can hope for.” 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