Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Prototye Day 48 Summary

With six crew positions, three either side, on their LEQ12 prototype, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli have serious options to bring in new crew-members, upskill the young talent that the team are deeply committed to fostering and on occasion give the ride of their life to design or engineering team members. Today out in Cagliari in an afternoon breeze that just built and built, it was the turn of Gwenolè Bernard, Head of Soft Wing Systems and Nicolas Carabelli from the Aero Analysis team to get a new perspective on life above the waves at eye-popping speeds. Speaking afterwards Gwenolè Bernard gave an insightful interview and a glimpse into the design world saying: “I think it was a really good day. We are lucky to have a boat where we can bring guests and we were two lucky guys from the design team to be able to go onboard. So at the start, the day was quite light which was good for us to start like that and then as you can see we finished with a good sea breeze and the sea state increasing so yeah was a was really nice, very interesting and quite dynamic….I think the main idea of this kind of ride is to take us out of our computer world where maybe sometimes everything is a bit easier and understand what problems we can face while sailing. And, if I speak for myself, look at how people are acting on the sail and the control of the speed as well for the dynamic phase and I was ready to try to get a bit our head out and really get closer to the sailor’s feeling and understand better their need and why they are struggling in some areas and really trying to get better, merging what we have from the theory to what really we can see on the water.” 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