The cockpits are now big open spaces to hold the eight sailing crew, plus sailing team boss Terry Hutchinson who was again riding shotgun in the back of the boat. That there are no grinding positions visible in Patriot's current layout. There has been no official confirmation by American Magic as to what they are running to pressurise their onboard hydraulic control systems. Patriot mast base - NYYC American Magic - Pensacola, FL Octophoto © Paul Todd/ America's Cup The accuracy of the flight control on Patriot on their latest sailing session is quite remarkable, and must have caused a double-take from several of the other design teams, who see the same video and still images as we do ahead of compiling these Cup Spy reports.Ĥ. The same design characteristic appears in the AC40 developed for the Preliminary Events, as well as the Youth and Womens America's Cups, and as a test boat for the teams.
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When the designers produce their hull shapes for the Version 2 AC75's, will they continue with the full forefoot seen on both Patriot and Emirates Team New Zealand's America's Cup champion. That begs the question of Patriot - how would it have handled the Barcelona conditions? Would the flight controller have opted to fly higher and trade that off against the end plate effect between the rig and the water surface, and sacrificing rig efficiency? No change in wing foils - NYYC American Magic - Pensacola, FL Octophoto © Paul Todd/ America's Cup The team's recovery was not aided by a light, near unsailable day, on one of the few practice days they had available before the start of the Semi-Finals - where their shortcomings were very publicly exposed.ģ. There were a myriad of gremlins that were a hang-over from the capsize and subsequent repairs. Patriot, the team's AC75 had a short-lived competitive career in the 2021 America's Cup, capsizing on Day 3 of the Prada Cup, being hastily repaired, skipping the rest of the racing in the Qualifying Series, and then competing in the the best of seven Prada Cup Semi-Finals. The New York Yacht Club team, American Magic resumed sailing off Pensacola, after spending what was assumed to be Sunday, as a day off - or a maybe work day for the Shore Support team. The Kiwis did sail early Wednesday morning (NZT), in the AC40 in a fresh breeze - to be covered in the next report. None of the other teams that have launched a training/development boat sailed on Monday.No change to foil and rudder wings used in previous session.The session stopped several times to adjust the clew end of the boomless mainsail American Magic began sailing early afternoon off Pensacola.To your credit, you didn’t ask the airline for any compensation other than the refund it said it would give you.After a day off - American Magic resumed sailing off Pensacola, in conditions that were a striking contrast to what was seen off Barcelona the day before. It involved numerous delays, a missed day of work and a night spent on an airport floor. And I should add that your flight experience on American Airlines was less than ideal. You tried to appeal this through the regular customer service channels. And I think we all know how that will end. If you don’t have it in writing, it’s American Airlines’ word against yours. I can’t overstate how important a reliable paper trail is to resolving a complaint like this. If an airline cancels your flight, federal regulations require it to offer a full refund or a flight of its choosing - not yours (more information regarding this can be found at American Airlines appears to have gone off-script by offering you a flight of your choosing through its app. Fortunately, you had that promise in writing. Can you help?ĪNSWER: American Airlines should have rebooked you on the next available flight without charging you.īut the rules are a little different. I submitted that request, but my credit card company denied it because I had a nonrefundable ticket. I called American Airlines and my credit card company, and they both said I had to submit a written request for the ticket I had purchased. But when I went to pay my bill for the original ticket, the $1,147 charge was still on my card. I called immediately, and a representative assured me she would fix the charges. As soon as I did, I noticed the airline had charged me $1,147. I received a notice on the American Airlines app saying I could book another flight at no charge. Christopher Elliott, the Travel Troubleshooter The airline rebooked me on a flight later that day, but it also ended up canceling that one. On a stopover in Dallas, American Airlines canceled my connecting flight. I recently flew from San Angelo, Texas, to Washington, D.C.
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