NYYC American Magic PATRIOT Day 17 Summary

It was all happening in Pensacola yesterday, the perfect winter training venue for the New York Yacht Club American Magic team who continued their relentless training programme aboard the modified Patriot with another long session in near-perfect conditions and dolphin sightings. Beneath high cloud, on a perfectly smooth Bay and a gentle 5-8 knots of breeze all afternoon, the Americans revealed their re-cut MN-B1 mainsail, adapted for the boomless set-up and hydraulic clew, with a slightly bigger sail area to give them additional horse-power in the take-offs. Paul Goodison who was helming all day today, crossing the stern with athleticism, seemed pleased with progress: “Obviously we had our new mainsail up today and we were basically trying to figure out what the wind range of that sail against the other (main) sail was…we only had to tow up twice which was obviously quite different to what we’ve been doing so far, so quite a successful day.” And he continued: “We can still be really productive on the light days. Thinking ahead to Barcelona there’s going to be a lot of light, choppy days, so refining the systems for those sorts of conditions is going to be really important.” SUBSCRIBE to the official America's Cup channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/americascup Like America’s Cup On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/americascup Follow America’s Cup On Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/americascup Follow America’s Cup On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/americascup Stay up to date with the America’s Cup newsletter: https://www.americascup.com/en/newsletter The 37th America's Cup will be Defended in Barcelona by four-time America's Cup winner, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron represented by their team, Emirates Team New Zealand. #AmericasCup #AC37 #Barcelona2024