The one thing that all teams battle in every America’s Cup is time. They never have enough, and after a thrilling first regatta in May in Sardinia that feels like yesterday, suddenly the second Prelim Regatta, PR2 Naples, is upon us. It is now just one week to go before the first day of official practice racing on Thursday 24th September and all the teams are into their final preparations and eagerly eyeing the weather forecasts being delivered by the team meteorologists.
With just a few days to go before the ‘regatta of the year’, PR2 Naples, starts on the glittering, picturesque Bay of Naples, the Official Race Village is taking shape at pace. A stroll down the tree-lined Via Francesco Caracciolo with its outstanding views across to the Italian islands of Procida and Ischia, with Capri in the far distance, shows just how much the City of Naples is committed to the America’s Cup.
Emirates Team New Zealand reached the Sardinia Preliminary Regatta final – but a costly pre-start against Luna Rossa left the senior crew watching former teammate Peter Burling take the win. Ahead of PR2 in Naples, Nathan Outteridge, Iain Jensen, Seb Menzies, Andy Maloney and Ray Davies reflect on what the team learned in its first regatta together.
La Roche-Posay Racing Team looks back at what they learned in Sardinia and what lessons to carry forward to PR2 in Naples. Quentin Delapierre, Diego Botín, Jason Saunders and Florian Trittel reflect on their first regatta together: finding they had the pace to compete, improving day by day, and learning how to respond to mistakes and close racing as a team.
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