INEOS Britannia T6 Day 60 Summary

With the INEOS Britannia base in Barcelona looking almost complete amidst a hub of final activity, there’s an end of term feel to the team’s time in Palma de Mallorca that has proven to be a fabulous winter-training base. The programme with ‘T6’ their tricksy-looking LEQ12 continued today (Tuesday) with the team really digging into the foil data – painting on mid-blue flow-vis paint, riding bow-up to push the foil to stall, taking photos and then repeating. In the sail department they rifled through two J2 jibs and settled on sailing the J3 in down-range conditions – those cross-overs are being properly analysed – as Ben Cornish and Dylan Fletcher-Scott ticked off a long list of testing for the designers. Speaking afterwards, Dylan Fletcher-Scott gave a broad-ranging interview talking about the intense and long testing day today (they didn’t dock in until 6pm), how he’s settling into the team, his role, and the outlook for starting sailing in Barcelona soon. The excitement is building ahead of the team de-camping to the Cup venue and Dylan summed it up well saying at the end: “I think all the teams have got their strengths and ultimately we've only seen Alinghi (Red Bull Racing) in Barcelona so let's see when we all get there and see who's looking top dog.” 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