Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Prototype Day 45 Summary

There’s an air of change around Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli as their LEQ12 rolled into the shed for what is expected to be up to a ten-day break as the team brings in the next level of design and systems changes in their quest to win the America’s Cup. There’s also the news that the Italian AC40 will be arriving within the next few weeks and the whole programme looks set to go up another level – from a very high base. Much credit for the enhancement of the sailing technique can be claimed by the extensive coaching team that the Italians have hired for this America’s Cup cycle and Jocopo Plazzi, the former 49er ace (sailing with Andrea Tesei) gave a good insight into the team’s development approach saying: “Every team is improving a lot in this month, we can see it from the recon and every team is doing a very good progression on the technical side and testing a bunch of different things and yeah we're looking closely and for sure when we see a good idea on the side we tried to understand why everybody is doing it and then try to do our own.” 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