Taihoro – AC75 – Day 14 – America’s Cup Recon – Emirates Team New Zealand June 4, 2026 © Sam Thom/America’s Cup
Emirates Team New Zealand unexpectedly resumed their AC75 testing and development program on Thursday after returning from the first America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta in Cagliari.
Unfortunately, we don’t have a report from the Reconnaissance unit assigned to cover the America’s Cup Defender. However, Sail-World has access to video highlights of the training session – their 14th day of sailing in the AC75, a post-session interview with tactician Jo Aleh, and images of the boat launch and session itself.
The team sailed well out into the Hauraki Gulf, but apparently ran out of breeze, and as reported earlier, towed back to their base arriving at 1600hrs.
As Jo Aleh noted in her interview, it is winter in New Zealand, and the breeze is not as reliable as in summer. Also the NZ is just over a fortnight away from the shortest day, and daylight becomes an issue.
