Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Prototype Day 30 Summary

With the gloom of Saturday thankfully passing, the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team had an early start on Sunday for a three-hour session out on the Bay of Cagliari that again saw the test team putting the LEQ12 through her paces before the wind died off at midday. With a 7am roll-out, it was a very early start for the Italian shore team and for the sailors it was clearly another day for foil testing with long flight seeing one run last some 48 minutes in total. The recon unit observed that: “The monitoring of flow around the foil arm stocks and the inboard wing seems to continue as both boards were armed with the usual GoPro cases on pressure and suction sides while a new port side flap version has been declared with minor geometry changes.” 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