NYYC American Magic AC40-5 Day 34 Summary

Plenty to celebrate but plenty to think about for New York Yacht Club American Magic who conducted their first day of two boat testing out on a choppy and gusty Barceloneta beachfront on Monday. Clearly delighted to be two-boating for the first time in this campaign after their AC40 ‘Magic’ was delivered directly to the team’s base at the MB92 dockyard on the southern flank of the Port Vell promontory, the team lined their tweaked-up LEQ12 with its starboard foil, running leeway-reducing winglets and beefed-up bulb against the ultimate benchmark in the AC40 in pure one design mode. Speaking afterwards, the affable Andrew Campbell came to the recon interview buzzing after a great day on the water but clear that the team are again on the learning curve at the America’s Cup venue saying: “It was an awesome day for our team in Barcelona. We've had a long time coming to get two boats on the water together and it's a huge effort from everybody in this tent and from everybody outside of this tent as well you know getting to Barcelona, getting unpacked, getting their families here getting everybody set up here. We're obviously still getting set up but it's a massive undertaking to be here and to get to this point and this kind of milestone and get two boats in the water lined up today is a big step for our programme and it's something that I think we're all really proud of, or we should be anyway, and you know a lot of teething issues going on today because you know two boats in the water adds a lot of complications but yeah everybody's really excited about where we're at and the gains that we're going to make now that we have two boats on the water and we're kind of getting settled here so they're big steps.” 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