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Emirates Team New Zealand and INEOS Team UK struggled on their hulls as winds dipped below the 6.5 knots limit.
The prospect of more official America’s Cup racing or practice before the challenger series starts mid-January has been raised, after light winds forced Sunday’s Christmas Cup to be abandoned.
Team New Zealand and INEOS Team UK failed to finish the opening race inside the 45-minute time limit as they struggled off their foils with winds dipping well below the 6.5 knots required on Course A off the East Coast Bays.
It was a frustrating finish to a superb opening regatta that marked the first time the radical AC75s had been raced after world series events in Italy and England were cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.