INEOS Britannia T6 Day 22 Summary
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Sir Ben Ainslie was back
Sir Ben Ainslie was back onboard the ‘Silver Bullet’ T6 today on a chilly and breezy Palma Bay for a testing session that, similar to the other teams right now sailing in the LEQ12 mode, concentrated firmly on foil testing, pitch sweeps and cant angles. The British prototype was pushed to its limit with a new, and undisclosed, top speed thought to be into the mid 40 knot bracket but what was noticeable with the programme today was the concentration on modes of the boat.
Speaking afterwards, a rather chilly Ben offered: “We were just trying different pitch sweeps with different board angles and so on to really give the design engineers the best idea of how those foils are performing and then that relates into how you go and design your race foils.” The variable, shifty conditions today called for the biggest J1 jib to be used throughout the afternoon and didn’t faze the testing programme as Ben continued: “It's hard when you’re trying to test and the wind’s changing around quite a lot, fortunately for us we were doing a kind of testing where actually the accuracy of the wind didn’t matter too much, it was more to do with how the foils were reacting to different speeds and pitches.”
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
Speaking afterwards, a rather chilly Ben offered: “We were just trying different pitch sweeps with different board angles and so on to really give the design engineers the best idea of how those foils are performing and then that relates into how you go and design your race foils.” The variable, shifty conditions today called for the biggest J1 jib to be used throughout the afternoon and didn’t faze the testing programme as Ben continued: “It's hard when you’re trying to test and the wind’s changing around quite a lot, fortunately for us we were doing a kind of testing where actually the accuracy of the wind didn’t matter too much, it was more to do with how the foils were reacting to different speeds and pitches.”
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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