The recon report was very confusing regarding whether they splashed wing 4. Plus they stopped posting photo galleries. @Mozzy Sails can you shed any light and photos on this?
It's possible that even though they got to the cup match LR weren't happy with their simulation/performance alignment and thus they went LEQ12. They seemed more tight lipped, and weren't probed as much as Ineos whose problems were more glaring initially. Of course one can also improve simulation...
I think one missing detail about the AC40 tradeoff vs LEQ path is that with so many years of single boat testing and investment in simulation tools and validation data, some teams may not feel as if two boat testing gives them much advantage. After all, even two boat testing is not a controlled...
Tita, Gradoni.
Jimmy doesn't seem to be in the top tier as seen in sailgp, and at least some of that comes down to him. I love Bruni, but maybe he was always half a step below the top guys too.
I got the impression whenever they are not in Barcelona sailing (during the first two weeks of the remaining months till the vilanova regatta - Aug, Sep) they'll sail the LEQ in Cagliari.
“The guys did a pretty good, intense day on the water and so it was a good exercise and to be back here in the water after a few weeks with a kind of ‘new boat’ was a great shakedown today. We had a lot of new stuff on the yacht, most of them are invisible as obviously they are not out of the...