NYYC American Magic AC40-5 Day 17 Summary

Determined to extract the absolute maximum from their remaining time in Pensacola, NYYC American Magic ventured offshore to find a challenging sea state with a short period to rifle through a variety of cant angles and aero set ups and extract the vital foil data that will determine the final design direction for the team’s soon-to-be-built AC75. Speaking afterwards, Lucas Calabrese offered a brilliant insight into just how cool this team is and, talking about the capsize, he almost made it sound fun: “Yeah obviously it's pretty challenging, you have the bustle that is hanging down on the boat and then you have the foil that is coming in and out of the waves so it's hard to manage the balance between keeping the bustle out of the water and the foil not coming out of the water. It was just one of those days, pretty tough conditions and…we stuffed the bow and then got slow and ended up in a pretty fun capsize.” 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