NYYC American Magic PATRIOT Day 33 Summary

Knowing when to back off and protect the asset is a sign of experience, and today the New York Yacht Club American Magic Team did just that in chilly conditions inshore in Pensacola Bay with the wind in the upper regions and forecast to close-in further. It was a very early start for the shore team who craned it at first light just after 7am and the sailors were on the water at 8.25am to try and eke the most from the day. “Can you smell that? That’s a lot of breeze,” said Dan Flanagan part of the American Design Team, and he wasn’t wrong. Speaking afterwards Dan Flanagan from the American Magic Design team gave a decent insight into what the designers are doing with all the data that’s being collected on a dauly basis saying: “If I'm in the container, it's either looking at the next design or looking at the loads from the previous day's sailing from on the water, trying to monitor some of the loads on the water and then just trying to correlate what we see on the water with what we see in the simulations… we're making a lot of progress and obviously we're testing a lot of systems on Patriot, testing a lot of concepts and then simulating them in between and correlating what we see in the simulations and what we see on the water, so I think the team’s really happy with the progress and really happy with where we're going.” 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