INEOS Team GB

[Stingray~]

That description must surely be paid for content by INEOS!? I saw two boards down, towing up onto foils, rounding up and bearing away on the same board, about the only board to board maneuver took ages and even then cut away before the new windward board had been raised....but sure "balletic", "whipsaw fast" fill your boots

The Recon reports are overhyped for sure, probably edited back at ACE, they read like advertisements. But we do get to judge a lot by the videos and interviews, so nice to have them regardless.

This factoid, from the latest Ineos recon report, likely is true

Long runs, with one recorded at a whopping 48 minutes airborne

OVER-ACHIEVING IN PALMA

A big testing day for the INEOS Britannia team who were out on a picture-perfect Palma Bay with the bit between their teeth to rocket-forward their testing programme. Long runs, with one recorded at a whopping 48 minutes airborne, will have Mission Control back in Brackley, Northamptonshire...

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[nav]

^ The sailing team's admission that their last campaign was shit was very telling. Brackley clearly have them by the balls, but will now have nowhere to hide if they can't out-design a bunch of yokels who have never been within sniffing distance of an F1 track.

It was aerospace technology that would waft the Team to glory last time wasn't it

 

[enigmatically2]

about the only board to board maneuver took ages and even then cut away before the new windward board had been raised...

I have seen that both boards down for ages in previous videos too. But not always. And I have seen exactly the same from LR before. And for no obvious reason, ie they have speed, seem to have balance.
I'm not sure whether it's data collection, training or what, but I'm pretty sure both boats are doing it deliberately. Would like to know why

 

[JALhazmat]

Sailing with fookin huge pitot tubes on the front of the foils, just might maybe compromise certain aspects of manoeuvres at the expense of additional data gathering.
but hey SA kiwis know best..

 

[enigmatically2]

Sailing with fookin huge pitot tubes on the front of the foils, just might maybe compromise certain aspects of manoeuvres at the expense of additional data gathering.
but hey SA kiwis know best..

If they compromised it that much, they'd compromise the data collection. And I don't think they are that big

 

[JALhazmat]

I think we all agree that they are there for data gathering not for performance

 

[Stingray~]

I have seen that both boards down for ages in previous videos too. But not always. And I have seen exactly the same from LR before.

LR is probably just trying, briefly, to figure out if Ineos might actually be onto something..

 

[enigmatically2]

I think we all agree that they are there for data gathering not for performance

Yes

 

[JALhazmat]

Recon Report https://bit.ly/3Y5rCpf$

 

[enigmatically2]

Whether as that recon report suggests Ineos are lifting out more easily than the others or not, it is clear that one of the big evolutions this time is how much easier they are flying. Lifting out easily with a J3 in under 10kts breeze is quite remarkable

 

[buckdouger]

 

[Horn Rock]

Lifting out easily with a J3 in under 10kts breeze is quite remarkable

Looking at the leading edge of their foils, the wing profile is like that of a DC3, so it's not surprising that they can get up in a breath of wind....Heck they could probably foil going backwards.....

 

[enigmatically2]

Looking at the leading edge of their foils, the wing profile is like that of a DC3, so it's not surprising that they can get up in a breath of wind....Heck they could probably foil going backwards.....



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That photo obviously shows the chord length rather than thickness. How you evidence that they do have a thick leading edge? I thought from earlier photos they were bigger chord but slightly thinner

 

[Horn Rock]

That photo obviously shows the chord length rather than thickness. How you evidence that they do have a thick leading edge? I thought from earlier photos they were bigger chord but slightly thinner

The leading edge looks pretty rounded to me in that shot, but yes it is hard to find a good shot of the front edge to know it's exact thickness and profile.

 

[buckdouger]

The leading edge looks pretty rounded to me in that shot, but yes it is hard to find a good shot of the front edge to know it's exact thickness and profile.

 

[Priscilla]

 

[buckdouger]

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Maybe a better comparator - looks like LR is a bit thinner maybe, certainly tapers more?

 

[Stingray~]

BA: Call me after when you have that damn thing under control

 

[Priscilla]

BA: Call me after when you have that damn thing under control

That Frackers jalopy could at least benefit from not dragging the windward foil around the paddock.

 

[Sailbydate]

That Frackers jalopy could at least benefit from not dragging the windward foil around the paddock.

Some here assert it's a deliberate tactic to collect data.

Maybe water temperature? ;-)