NYYC American Magic AC405 Day 26 Summary

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Doug DeVos, Team Principal of New York Yacht Club American Magic gives his honest and open appraisal of where the team are at as they prepare to de-camp to Barcelona for the rest of the America’s Cup campaign. Mr DeVos reflects on what has been a terrific winter of testing in Pensacola, Florida and his huge enthusiasm for the new AC40 class saying: “we’re thrilled with the progress that we’ve made.” Data and performance gathering have been at a premium with American Magic this winter and the team have been the most active on the water of any team in this America’s Cup cycle, re-launching their AC75 ‘Patriot’ and taking that to new levels of outright performance whilst their AC40 programme has been spectacular with dynamic displays of foiling technique sailing from Tom Slingsby and Paul Goodison. Mr DeVos reflects on the battle against time – the great enemy in the America’s Cup – and the decisions that have to be made. • This is a must-watch video from one of the great patrons and supporters of American sailing and the America’s Cup and as he says: “We've had a great run here in Pensacola. We're getting ourselves ready to head to Barcelona not too distant future, but we feel we've had a really good session here. This has been a great venue for us with the AC75 earlier and now with the AC40 up and running we feel we've got a lot of good laps in, learning a lot along the way and so we’re feeling that we're on track. A lot of work to do, always a lot of work to do, but we feel we’re on track.” • 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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