NYYC American Magic PATRIOT Day 40 Summary

Dense fog enveloped the Bay of Pensacola on Monday and for a while it was touch and go as to whether the New York Yacht Club American Magic Team would take to the water. Persistence paid off, as it usually does with this team, and the sailors were rewarded with another solid four-hour training session in relatively light airs with the anemometer struggling to break 10 knots all afternoon. The feeling around American Magic at the moment is that they are on the cusp of a very new sailing programme coming in, in short order. It almost feels transitionary. The team’s AC40 is very close to delivery, something that Dan Morris describes the team as being: “frothed up about” and Patriot will be de-commissioned. An interesting comment that Dan made regarding that process, revealed just how serious the team are to learn at every step of the campaign, saying: “She'll just should be gone through with a fine-tooth comb and just see if we can learn anything during that process, you know you learn on the water and you learn when you put it together but when you take a boat apart you also get to learn a lot about the life that she's living and what's happening in the sailing so you can you can make better decisions with the future boats.” 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