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American Magic – AC40 One Design – Pensacola – March 1, 2023 – Day 1
From the AC37 Joint Recon Team:
The new AC40 was craned in at 8:45, dock out was 9:45. The team began tow testing at 10:40 and concluded at 11:01.
The AC40 was towed at 20k in very light air and flat water.
It took a little over an hour to get the M1 and J1 up, but then the team sailed 3 hours and 20 minutes in this configuration.
The team then hoisted the J3 and sailed on it for 15 minutes. The breeze picked up to around 12k as the J2 was raised and the team elected to sail for almost another hour.
The AC40 then began sailing at 12:25, completed 74 maneuvers, covered a distance of just over 80nm, 17 W/L’s, and was on foil for 165 minutes total.
Top speeds were approximately 23k upwind and 33k downwind.
Sailing ended rather abruptly at 16:42 after “some valves got stuck” and the yacht “shut off” (according to the interview with Paul Goodison).
No sailing is expected tomorrow
Session Statistics – Pensacola – March 1, 2023 – American Magic – AC40-One Design – Day 1
Crew: Paul Goodison, Tom Slingsby, Michael Menninger, Andrew Campbell
INEOS Britannia – AC40-One Design – Mallorca – March 1, 2023 – Day 9
Top sailing journalist, Justin Chisholm was on the water, as part of the AC37 Joint Recon Team, and made various observations on the British boat:
After 48 hours of constant downpours and strong winds on Mallorca since INEOS Britannia’s last sailing day, on Monday, the sun returned to the Mediterranean island for the team’s ninth sailing session aboard its one design AC40.
After a 1030 rollout the British yacht was launched at just after 1100 and off the dock an hour later. Outside the harbour a pleasant 8kt southerly breeze had established itself by the time the crew – Giles Scott and Ben Cornish (helming) with Australian pairing Iain Jensen and Luke Parkinson (trimming) – had the M1-1 mainsail and J2-1 headsail hoisted.
Over the next 30 minutes this breeze quickly shifted right to 250 and ramped up to 13 – 15 kts as the team launched into a 70 minute foiling session saw the boat predominantly in the air other than three brief touchdowns (one on a tack and two on gybes).
After changing to the J3 the second session saw the team practice racing for five and a half laps of assured maneuvering around a one-nautical mile windward/leeward course.
The session was curtailed after 35 minutes when the sailors became aware of an oil leak down below. Time was called at 1500 and after a slow speed tow in the boat was back on the dock at 1600.
Session Statistics – Mallorca – March 1, 2023 – INEOS Britannia – AC40-OD – Day 9
Crew:Ben Cornish and Giles Scott, Luke Parkinson and Iain Jensen
by Richard Gladwell/Sail-world.com/nz
