America's Cup Rialto: March 12 - Rebooting the Cup - now a best of nine series
The 36th America's Cup got underway a few hours after the Labour Government announced that they were lifting the COVID Alert 2 on Auckland. The decision had been made Thursday night, but wasn't announced until 1130am Friday. The Prime Minister explained this pedantic approach by saying some epidemiological homework to be checked on a couple of cases. The announcement came too late for the race course area to be moved from Course E, the same area used on the opening day of America's Cup 36. It's an area of water which is becoming renowned for its no passing lanes, due to the consistent wind pa...