Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Prototype Day 20 Summary

The Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team closed out their 2022 sailing programme today with a solid three-hour session out by the marine-protected area of Villasimius in search of the promised Levante breeze that eventually arrived late in the afternoon. International Moth whizz Francesco Bruni and Nacra 17 ace Ruggero Tita were on the wheels of the LEQ12 today with the session dominated by tow-to-fly pull-ups from the expert chase boat team who have got the fine art down to a tee. Very slick indeed. Max Sirena, the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team Director, was pleased with how the team have ended the year saying: “It’s been an important year 2022, we started the design of our LEQ12 early in the year without knowing the class rule and so we designed more or less the boat without many information and what we were thinking or considering could be the new class rule. I think we achieved a pretty good result, since the launch of the boat we sailed in all most of the conditions from really light to stronger, heavy conditions, sometimes waves which is going to be most of the conditions in Barcelona.” 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