The web series consists of two seasons, with four episodes each, detailing the events that have defined the past year: from adrenalin-fuelled training sessions, to hull and foil development, from tense moments during a dismasting, to the return to training on the water. Viewers will be able to follow the backstage activities on shore and at sea, through exclusive imagines available to the public for the first time. The story of this tricky and arduous journey will be told by the sailors and team members themselves.
“It’s an obsession”: this is the opening of the first episode introducing the team. It shows how the team members are selected, and what it takes for a sailor to face a challenge that will see him committed nonstop for over than three years. And what are the secrets behind a “flying boat”? The design team reveals them in the second chapter. The third episode narrates the unexpected, the immeasurable, the occurrences that happen despite the most precise calculations, and that force you to stop and repair the damage done. These are undertakings where every day you push your limits in order to understand them, considering that the margin for error is almost zero and that time, the real enemy in an America’s Cup campaign, is never enough. Will the team be able to overcome the more unforeseeable obstacles? We will find out in the fourth episode.
“Challengers for Now”, created in collaboration with the team’s creative partner M&C Saatchi, will continue the story with a second season, to be released after the summer, following the team up to its departure for Auckland. Between January and February 2021 the Prada Cup will be held in New Zealand: this #competition between challengers will elect the team that will compete against defender Emirates Team New Zealand in the America’s Cup races of March 2021.
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