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La Roche-Posay AC75 Day 21: laps and pre-start drills off Naples
La Roche-Posay Racing Team put in more than three hours on the AC75 off Naples, mixing J3 laps with pre-start drills around the chase boat.
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Jason Saunders on rehearsing the first tack: La Roche-Posay AC75, Day 20
La Roche-Posay Racing Team port trimmer Jason Saunders talks to the recon unit after a long AC75 session in Naples, covering the crew's growing confidence and the first real start rehearsals.
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La Roche-Posay Racing Team's fullest AC75 match-racing day yet in Naples
La Roche-Posay Racing Team's Day 20 Recon highlights show the French team's most complete match-racing session yet on the AC75 in Naples, finishing with a full race drill.
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Diego Botín: still feeling new to the AC75 as match racing work looms
La Roche-Posay Racing Team port helm Diego Botín talks to the recon unit after a tricky morning on the AC75 in Naples, covering foil wing choices, start-side preferences and what the team is learning about the course.
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La Roche-Posay AC75 fights fading breeze in Naples on Recon Day 19
La Roche-Posay Racing Team made a second early start in a row on the AC75 in Naples, with Quentin Delapierre and Diego Botín working to stay on the foils as the wind faded. The America's Cup Recon highlights show the session.
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Emirates Team New Zealand: rolling pre-starts in light air, AC75 Day 34
Nathan Outteridge and Seb Menzies shared the helm as Emirates Team New Zealand worked rolling pre-starts at the bottom of the wind range on the Hauraki Gulf, with plenty of touchdowns along the way.
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La Roche-Posay AC75 Recon Day 18: windward-leeward laps off Nisida
La Roche-Posay Racing Team used the morning breeze off Naples for structured windward-leeward laps on its AC75. The America's Cup Recon highlights from Day 18 are now online.
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Recon video: ETNZ AC75 Day 33, rolling pre-starts in building NE breeze
Emirates Team New Zealand were back on the foils early on Tuesday for long runs, systems testing and rolling pre-start practice. The America's Cup Recon video of AC75 Day 33 is now online.
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ETNZ back on the foils for starts and race practice on Day 32
After a couple of days lost to a strong south-westerly, Emirates Team New Zealand used a fresh southerly for rolling pre-starts and practice races. The America's Cup Recon team was there to film it.
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Emirates Team New Zealand back on the foils for AC75 Day 32 starts practice
Emirates Team New Zealand returned to the water after two days lost to a strong south-westerly, using 18–20+ knots of southerly to work on starts and race practice in their AC75.
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Thibaut Campas on feeling the AC75, not seeing it, from the guest pod
La Roche-Posay Racing Team electronics engineer Thibaut Campas talks to the America's Cup Recon unit after a guest pod session on the AC75 in Naples, a ride that was more about feeling the boat than seeing it.