Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Prototype Day 70 Summary

It was champagne sailing for Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli on Thursday out in Cagliari with Francesco Bruni and the fast-charging superstar of Italian sailing, Marco Gradoni, pushing the LEQ12 hard in breeze that at times touched 20 knots across billiard-table flat water. As one of the world’s truly great foiling sailors, Francesco Bruni is always an interesting interviewee and when asked by the recon team whether he could feel a difference between the port V3 foil and the starboard version 1 foil that the team have benchmarked all iterations against to date, and in particular the leeway profile of the foils, he responded: “Well there will always be a difference between the foils on leeway it's one of the biggest questions when you test and if you have slightly different foils it's very likely that you will have a slightly differently leeway. Having said that there are many ways to change that (cant/pitch etc) but if you have different foils you can expect different leeways, but there's not a magic recipe, there's not a magic number that is better than another one.” 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