Another beautiful day to complete the two regattas scheduled for the fourth day of competition. Clear skies and wind still blowing from the South West with a speed ranging between 17 and 19 knots. Compared to yesterday, the sea appears less rough and the wind more stable in its variations. In these wind and especially sea conditions, the crews will be able to unload all the “horsepower” available on the very small surface of the foils without fearing dangerous losses of control. The high waves of recent days have worried the crews quite a bit.
Louis Vuitton Cup, what was Luna Rossa’s winning maneuver in the fourth regatta
by Paolo Scutellaro
The races held to date have confirmed, beyond the very clear message expressed by the score, that the Italian and English boats have decidedly similar performances and that the result of every single race is and will be, without a shadow of a doubt, in the hands of the two crews. What I said seems trivial, but I assure you that in all editions of theAmerica’s Cupheld until today, the result was the prerogative of the fastest boat.
Ben Ainslie, the Ineos helmsman: “Luna Rossa should have been punished but what a fantastic race”
by our correspondent Mattia Chiusano
Even the first edition raced with the AC75 in 2021 respected this “banal” dogma, when the performances of the “silver bullit” Luna Rossa were without a shadow of a doubt superior to those of the English, who in that edition too were our adversaries in the final of the Challengers in the Prada Cup, then beaten without hesitation with a score of 7 victories to 1. The Luna Rossa of those days was superior. The same goes for the America’s Cup match played between the Defender Emirates New Zealand and the Italian boat. It took very little for the New Zealanders to extinguish the Italian fans’ hopes of success. It was definitely going faster.
Luna Rossa and Ineos, strategies and speed of two jewels of the sea
by Paolo Scutellaro
This time, as has already happened in the past, the fact of competing with the same class rules and similar boats, even if technologically very sophisticated, allowed all the crews to learn from those teams that had done better in the previous edition. All the technical and telemetry data obtained during the previous edition were used by all the teams to improve and get closer to the performances of the best. And this is why, usually, the Defender, after two editions won, changes the rules and the boat with which to compete in the next one. By now, he has lost his competitive edge and doesn’t want to take risks. On the positive side, the result is all at sea during the regattas, and no longer, especially in the planning and development phase of previous years. The show thanks.
Today’s two regattas clearly highlighted what I underlined. Today’s first race saw the Italian boat suffer defeat from the English because, in the pre-start phase, in maneuvering to move to the right and upwind of the opponent, it exceeded the speed of execution, probably causing a cavitation effect, and, losing speed, as we have learned to see, has fallen from the foils. At that point, Luna Rossa, with 48 seconds remaining from the start, in perfect “time on distance” went from a speed of 37 knots to only 15. The English were now heading towards the start. The regatta ended there. With such stable weather conditions and a stellar crew like the English one, there is really little that can be done. 1 nil for Ineos.
Second test today. The weather conditions are the same as the first. Flat sea, strong wind and stable direction. The start is fundamental and, this time the Italian team does everything well. Checco Brunihe strongly wants the right and the upper hand over his opponent. Jimmy Spithill he’s not wrong. Perfect timing and departure at maximum speed. When the two boats reach the port limit, Luna Rossa veers ahead of the Ineos team and closes the door. Regatta over. All that remains for our Checco Bruni is to cynically control Sir Ben Ainsley, 4 gold medals, always force him on the wrong side and win the 6th regatta with a “quiet” lead. Another draw on the day.
The next races will be to the death and this time, no one will be able to say that the fastest boat won. May the best at sea win.
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– 2024-09-30 23:17:18
