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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 Magic's 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 their hands full.” The Americans emerged as the best of the challengers from this initial hit ou...

App users click here for latest updates 5:47pm - Racing has been abandoned for the day. Not much to be taken from today's 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 low speeds. Join us for live updates of the challenger series, starting January 15. 5:43pm - Team NZ ...

America's 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 today's 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 per...

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 through the six races comprising the series, but struggled at times to even complete the course against r...

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 emerged as the leading two contenders to go head to head in the Prada Cup for the right to challenge Emira...