La Roche-Posay AC75 Recon Day 18: windward-leeward laps off Nisida

The America's Cup Recon channel has published its highlights from Day 18 of La Roche-Posay Racing Team's AC75 sailing in Naples. It was an early start for the French team, with Quentin Delapierre and Diego Botín on the helm for a session of structured windward-leeward laps off Nisida.

It's a useful look at how an AC38 team works through a morning on the water: a first-light launch, a run out to the course area and repeated laps between two gates, all in light breeze and leftover swell. Press play below.

La Roche-Posay Racing Team | AC38 Recon | Highlights | AC75 Day 18, 04 Nov 2026

*An early start for structured windward-leeward laps off Nisida, with Quentin Delapierre and Diego Botín on the helm.

La Roche-Posay Racing Team out on the AC75 in Naples on Wednesday 4 November 2026. With the mast out at first light and the boat in the water by half past eight, the team docked out early to use the morning breeze, heading west past Nisida before sailing several laps between two gates to the south-west. Towards midday a couple of short final runs closed the session, and the boat was back at the dock soon after noon.

Conditions: NE–ENE 6–7 kn, gusts to 8 kn, easing to 3 kn | leftover chop and swell | sunny, patchy cloud

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

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

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