Diego Botín: still feeling new to the AC75 as match racing work looms

The America's Cup Recon team has published a new interview with Diego Botín, port helm of the La Roche-Posay Racing Team, recorded after Day 19 of the team's AC75 sailing in Naples on Thursday 5 November 2026.

It's worth a watch for a candid look at a crew still finding its feet in marginal conditions, plus Botín's thoughts on how the straight-tip foil wings compare with the winglets and what the team is learning about the Naples race course. The interview is cut with highlights from the day on the water.

La Roche-Posay Racing Team | AC38 Recon | Diego Botín | AC75 Day 19, 5 Nov 2026

Diego Botín on still feeling new to the AC75, and the match racing work ahead.

La Roche-Posay Racing Team port helm Diego Botín talks to the recon unit after a tricky morning on the AC75 in Naples on Thursday 5 November 2026. He covers getting in sync as a crew in marginal conditions, a quick fix for a blurry camera, how the straight-tip foil wings compare with the winglets, start-side preferences and what the team is learning about the Naples course. Cut with highlights from the day.

Conditions: NE 8–10 kn fading to 4–6 kn, veering ESE | flat inshore, chop and leftover swell offshore | sunny, sparse cloud

Reporter/Driver: Mathieu Cadei Photo/Video: Pierre Bouras

LRPRT Sailing Day 19

Recon footage from the 38th America's Cup Joint Reconnaissance Programme.

Video: America's Cup Recon