Emirates Team New Zealand: rolling pre-starts in light air, AC75 Day 34

The America's Cup Recon channel has published its video from Emirates Team New Zealand's Day 34 on the AC75 in Auckland. It is a look at the team pushing hard through manoeuvres in light air, with Nathan Outteridge and Seb Menzies on the helm and rolling pre-starts the focus of the afternoon.

If you want to see how an AC75 behaves at the bottom of its wind range, including the touchdowns, this one is worth your time.

Emirates Team New Zealand | AC38 Recon | Serena Woodall | AC75 Day 34, 5 Nov 2026

Rolling pre-starts at the bottom of the wind range, with Nathan Outteridge and Seb Menzies on the helm.

Emirates Team New Zealand out on the AC75 in Auckland on Thursday 5 November 2026. After towing out to Narrow Neck, the team sailed four sessions: tacks, bear-aways and round-ups in the bay, then a long run of gybes, before the afternoon turned to rolling pre-starts, the last of them off Rangitoto Lighthouse after a change to the J3. Pushing hard through the manoeuvres in the light air brought plenty of touchdowns, and the day finished off North Head.

Conditions: NE 4–7 kn building to 5–9 kn | flat | overcast clearing to sun

Reporter/Driver: Logan Sutherland Photo/Video: Sam Thom

ETNZ Sailing Day 34

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

Video: America's Cup Recon