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America's Cup - A day in the life of Land Rover BAR on the Great Sound

by Sail-World.com on 24 Jan 2017
- A day in the Life of Land Rover BAR, Great Sound Bermuda, January 2017 Alex Palmer
This image gallery by Land Rover BAR photographer Alex Palmer gives an insight into a training day for British America's Cup Challenger, Land Rover BAR.

Like with the bigger AC72's of the previous America's Cup edition, the British team say that it takes 41 people to get on the of AC45-S test platforms on the water and participating in an on the water test session on Bermuda's Great Sound.

Veteran structural Dirk Kramers - A day in the Life of Land Rover BAR, Great Sound Bermuda, January 2017 © Alex Palmer
Veteran structural Dirk Kramers - A day in the Life of Land Rover BAR, Great Sound Bermuda, January 2017 © Alex Palmer


Working into the night - A day in the Life of Land Rover BAR, Great Sound Bermuda, January 2017 © Alex Palmer
Working into the night - A day in the Life of Land Rover BAR, Great Sound Bermuda, January 2017 © Alex Palmer


The design team follow the session's data in realtime - A day in the Life of Land Rover BAR, Great Sound Bermuda, January 2017 © Alex Palmer
The design team follow the session's data in realtime - A day in the Life of Land Rover BAR, Great Sound Bermuda, January 2017 © Alex Palmer


- A day in the Life of Land Rover BAR, Great Sound Bermuda, January 2017 © Alex Palmer
- A day in the Life of Land Rover BAR, Great Sound Bermuda, January 2017 © Alex Palmer


A long day for driver Simon Nuding - A day in the Life of Land Rover BAR, Great Sound Bermuda, January 2017 © Alex Palmer
A long day for driver Simon Nuding - A day in the Life of Land Rover BAR, Great Sound Bermuda, January 2017 © Alex Palmer


Boat captain - Jo Lees - A day in the Life of Land Rover BAR, Great Sound Bermuda, January 2017 © Alex Palmer
Boat captain - Jo Lees - A day in the Life of Land Rover BAR, Great Sound Bermuda, January 2017 © Alex Palmer

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