INEOS Britannia T6 Day 51 Summary

They called off the planned Friday session due to some unseasonal conditions in Palma but a new week and the INEOS Britannia team were back out in the Bay to put in a solid sail and foil testing schedule in a building breeze. ‘T6’ – the team’s LEQ12 prototype platform looked bang on the money today with superb technique on display from Giles Scott and Dylan Fletcher-Scott sailing her like an International Moth with plenty of windward heel and desperately low-flight upwind ‘bustle-skimming’ to get the end-plating effect. Always worth listening to, Dylan Fletcher-Scott broke down the day and talked through the sail programme – we saw the underused J3 for a while today – and the shapes that the sailors are generating to hit the pre-ordained target speeds. Dylan looks forward to the week ahead as the British schedule continues before serious design and systems decisions are taken for the boat they are dubbing ‘RB3’ – the team’s one-build AC75 for the America’s Cup in Barcelona. The British look rock-solid at the moment and continue their momentum from a very productive May in Palma. More to come this week, weather conditions permitting. 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