Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Prototype Day 38 Summary

Conjure Sardinia in your mind and thoughts of beauty untold, idyllic inlets, glamorous sleepy towns, unimaginable summer searing heat and lazy days on the beach, spring forward. Well today, it was anything but our mind’s eye as Sardinia threw everything at Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli from flat calm to full-on. Many teams would have opted for another day onshore, but the Italians are built differently and with talent to burn in the sailing team, they ventured out. Once in flight, it was a different but very tricky game. Don’t try this at home. The fine line between adding height to clear the waves but keeping low enough to stay in control in the 15 knot gusts was super-hard. Francesco Bruni summed it up well in interview afterwards saying: “It was interesting today with the take-off. It was hard to break the barrier because the boat against the waves was really suffering so we were getting some speed and then the next wave would hit, and it was really hard to breakthrough that speed barrier. And then once we had it going it was all good. So, we had to really use all the crew weight to get going but it's always hard to learn about this because it is a lot smaller boat…the big boat should be different.” 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