INEOS Britannia T6 Day 40 Summary

Ben Ainslie was back in Palma on Tuesday to join Giles Scott, Iain Jensen and Luke Parkinson for a short but highly productive sailing session in Palma’s, now regular, sea-breeze that filters in almost bang on cue at midday. The regularity of the wind allows INEOS Britannia to switch their focus to targeted training and although the tick box list is never-ending, it allows the sailors to really concentrate on specifics. On a hot day that certainly felt like summer – Luke Parkinson had his shorts on – INEOS Britannia were accurate in their sailing and as Jeff Causey, Head of on-water Operations said afterwards: “It was a good sea breeze, we’re into a nice pattern of that here in Palma now which is making it easy to sort of get out and get what we need on any given day really; so it changes our days because we're not finding the best day in the week we can and going trying to get a really long day, we're changing the focus on to shorter focused sessions and then coming back in and using the rest of the time we have to try and take those learnings into the next day….I think we ticked most of the boxes today.” 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