Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Prototype Day 26 Summary
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A performance of epic proportions,
A performance of epic proportions, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli showed the America’s Cup world once again that they mean business in this tournament. It was power and poetry wrapped in 45 knots of fire and fury on a blustery Cagliari day that saw the Italian LEQ12 being pushed at full race-pace by a team operating at seemingly another level. Flight was so stable to be almost mesmeric and the 54 tacks and gybes were just effortless demonstrations in foil-to-foil gliding. For good measure the chase boat team threw in some marks and challenged the crew, with the helms rotated through the session, to show razor sharp bear-aways, G-Force inducing round-ups and even a ‘JK’ move (so named after John Kostecki), for good measure.
And it was a day for load as a wintery 15 knots whipped up chop on the Bay, sending the Italian LEQ12 at breath-taking speeds. Marco Capitani, the well-known North Sails grand-prix sail designer from the Carasco loft in Italy and an integral part of the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli sail team gave a fascinating insight into his role when asked by Michele Francesco Melis, a yacht designer himself and now on the Recon Unit, about the tools that they use, the membranes, the panel codes and the RANS software that feeds into the overall design calculations, offsets and response offices that feed into the VPPs, saying: “The North Design suite software is all linked…we use the entire North Sails design suite and so every software programme like Membrain, Flow, Spiral, Desman they are all linked together and they are great tools to monitor or predict what will be the flying shape what will be the loads and…we use this boat to validate our tools.”
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
And it was a day for load as a wintery 15 knots whipped up chop on the Bay, sending the Italian LEQ12 at breath-taking speeds. Marco Capitani, the well-known North Sails grand-prix sail designer from the Carasco loft in Italy and an integral part of the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli sail team gave a fascinating insight into his role when asked by Michele Francesco Melis, a yacht designer himself and now on the Recon Unit, about the tools that they use, the membranes, the panel codes and the RANS software that feeds into the overall design calculations, offsets and response offices that feed into the VPPs, saying: “The North Design suite software is all linked…we use the entire North Sails design suite and so every software programme like Membrain, Flow, Spiral, Desman they are all linked together and they are great tools to monitor or predict what will be the flying shape what will be the loads and…we use this boat to validate our tools.”
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
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