The Foil Debrief: What America's Cup warm-up events could count for

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Mozzy's back. He's spent the summer on the beach sailing a Mirror, but the America's Cup has “summoned” him back “like a demon from the deep”, and he's brought some opinions with him.

Mozzy thinks the two AC40 preliminary regattas “mean pretty much nothing”, so he has ideas to change that: extra wind tunnel time, extra budget, or testing development foils on the racecourse. Freddie has raced when a warm-up series point was “worth tens of millions of pounds”, so he knows what it's like when these events really count.

They also get into the racing in Naples. Luna Rossa won seven of 11 fleet races with a newly formed crew, Peter Burling took on the Kiwis in the final, the French found a new gear, the mid-fleet battle was tight, and it was a tough weekend for GB1 and GB2. Plus, Mozzy talks about his excitement for when the AC75 foil season finally kicks off.

00:00 Intro
00:48 Naples as a great Cup venue
03:07 What could the warm-up events count for?
06:57 Luna Rossa technical review
09:56 Luna Rossa team picks
17:05 ETNZ second to third best
18:58 French punching above their weight
20:10 44-point teams
22:09 What will GB1 and GB2 take away?
25:07 AC75 Relevance
27:03 Outro