INEOS Britannia T6 Day 57 Summary

Sir Ben Ainslie and Giles Scott, a helming duo with a rightful weight of expectancy on their shoulders, came out swinging on a perfect day on the Bay of Palma and put the hammer down for a session that saw them at near race-pace and looking very much the real deal. After sailing, and having captured almost the perfect tack head on, the recon team quizzed Leigh McMillan as to what that perfect tack entailed. Long answer but very good: “You’ve got a lot of people involved in a tack and it's just everyone all working nicely together, the timing and everyone's in tune with that timing, and then swopping roles from one task to the other end and getting all of that timing right - getting the ride height, the heel and the pitch all nicely set up and all the trim adjustments you have to make, to exit the tack. So, it's a lot of choreography going on but I feel like we we’re getting pretty solid generally and trying to put the pressure on that in the pre-starts and put the pressure on a small racecourse and making sure that we're getting more finely tuned…you're looking at speed lost through the tacks that’s always a good one if you're not looking at the pure dynamics of the boat, just looking at your total speed loss from VMG to VMG through the manoeuvres.” 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