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“There’s a certain wind range where they are pretty quick … they are able to mode in quite well in 13-14 knots of true wind speed.” American Magic skipper Terry Hutchinson agreed there was a big task in front of the small challenging fleet. Todd Niall/Stuff American Magics Terry Hutchinson on happiness level. “With the defender, it’s a pretty nice package, and they don’t really show any weaknesses,” he said. “Of the three challengers, whoever gets to them is going to have ...

App users click here for latest updates 5:47pm - Racing has been abandoned for the day. Not much to be taken from todays events and not the final workout Team NZ would have hoped for. Now the challengers have three weeks until the Prada Cup series begins, while the Kiwis will wait and watch from the sidelines, racing among themselves presumably. Still, this week has whetted the public appetite for these AC75 boats, which are obviously capable of high speeds and perhaps less capable of really lo...

Americas Cup/Christmas Cup: Racing abandoned in light winds - As it happened Newshub 19/12/2020 Grant Chapman App users click here for latest updates 5:47pm - Racing has been abandoned for the day. Not much to be taken from todays events and not the final workout Team NZ would have hoped for. Now the challengers have three weeks until the Prada Cup series begins, while the Kiwis will wait and watch from the sidelines, racing among themselves presumably. Still, this week has wh...

DAN WILKO / INEOS TEAM UK INEOS Team UK boss Sir Ben Ainslie has a big job trying to right his wobbly America’s Cup campaign. Sir Ben Ainslie’s America’s Cup challenging yacht Britannia isn’t so much ruling the waves, as floundering in them at present. But the highly regarded British sailor believes all is not lost for INEOS Team UK, despite an abysmal performance during the America’s Cup world series regatta in Auckland over the last three days. Britannia was not just winless throu...

American Magic nearly ground to a halt with mechanical problems on Friday. Jimmy Spithill’s Luna Rossa and Dean Barker’s American Magic traded blows like a couple of heavyweight boxers on a significant second day of the America’s Cup world series regatta in Auckland. And on the strength of an engaging Friday of double-header racing, during which the respective challenger syndicates won a race apiece in shifting 12-14-knot winds on the Waitemata Harbour, it is safe to say they have emerge...

Luna Rossas Jimmy Spithill on close match racing in AC75 When an Aussie starts talking up his Kiwi rival as having an edge, it’s probably wise to be a little wary. Doubly so when that Ocker in question is the venerable Jimmy Spithill. But that is exactly what played out in the wake of the second day’s racing in the America’s Cup world series regatta in Auckland on Friday – an event featuring the three challengers and the defender in the upcoming competition proper for the most prized t...

American Magic beats Team NZ at the start and the finish of race four. American Magic lived up to their name on the opening day of the historic America’s Cup world series regatta in near perfect conditions in Auckland as they continued their dominance over the big boys from Team New Zealand. The Dean Barker-helmed Patriot, representing the New York Yacht Club, made it two from two on the first of four days of this world series event – the first time these foiling monohull AC75-class boats ...

Americas Cup backers still waiting for managed isolation vouchers 16 Dec, 2020 05:31 PM 4 minutes to read Luna Rossa boss Patrizio Bertelli, left, has been granted a border exemption but is not yet here. Photo / File Luna Rossa boss Patrizio Bertelli, left, has been granted a border exemption but is not yet here. Photo / File RNZ At least five wealthy backers of the challenger teams to the Americas Cup are struggling to enter the country in time to watch their yachts race. Information provided ...

Americas Cup Minister, Stuart Nash, said his staff are working on it. "We do understand that owners have invested a significant amount of money here so its a very fine balancing act about getting this right. Servicing the needs of Kiwis overseas who want to come home, but also ensuring that the men and women whove invested millions of dollars in this can take some part in it." Anyone entering the country is required to stay in a Government managed isolation or quarantine facility - private yach...

Americas Cup backers forced to bide their time as racing begins Amy Williams © AFP At least five wealthy backers of the challenger teams to the Americas Cup are struggling to enter the country in time to watch their yachts race. Information provided to RNZ shows the owners of the Italian team Luna Rossa, UK team Ineos and American Magic have been granted border exemptions but are not yet here. Its understood they have been unable to access vouchers to stay at managed isolation...