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INEOS Team UK's Ben Ainslie and Emily Nagel on performance analysis

by Oracle/SailGP 29 May 2020 19:27 NZST 29 May 2020
The British America's Cup team, skippered by Sir Ben Ainslie, shown here in action whist training in the Solent on their race yacht 'Britannia I' © Lloyd Images

America's Cup skipper, Ben Ainslie with Emily Nagle on on the science of performance analysis, or is it really a Black Art?

In this video they explain how performance data is used, based on their SailGP experience with the F50.

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