NYYC American Magic PATRIOT Day 29 Summary

Any lingering dustiness from the holiday season was well and truly blown away today as American Magic switched its programme to offshore in search of the kind of swells that can be expected in Barcelona. For all the terrific straight line and manoeuvre data gathering that has been collected whilst sailing inshore, giving the Magic design team a marvellous baseline of performance data to work from, the sailors know that flying in off-axis waves is going to be the key determinant to success come the Challenger series in September 2024 just yards off the beachfront in Barcelona. So offshore it was today and as Andrew Campbell, the highly experienced Flight Controller and stalwart of the American Magic Team commented: “I think that every time we go out there were learning something so it's a big priority for us to go offshore. You know we see Alinghi in the venue doing that and that's a good motivation for us to go out and hack into it, we see Luna Rossa going out and in bigger sea states and we know that we need to be kind of prepared for that and ready for when we get to the Mediterranean.” 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