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America s Cup 2021: INEOS Team UK s Britannia II boat jokingly listed on TradeMe
19 Dec, 2020 10:13 PM
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NZ Herald
An Auckland trader is having fun at the troubled British sailing syndicate s expense INEOS Team UK.
A listing for the team s boat has been made live on TradeMe, with bidding already passing $1000. As is where is. Great for open class inshore racing. Struggles a little against similar boats in class, the satirical post says. Keen to get out of the class and focus more on other interests including cycling. The running costs are getting a little out of hand. Suits high net worth buyer looking to enter competitive racing. Not for the faint hearted. Open to offers and/or trades, the listing jokes.
Light winds played havoc with the final day of competitive sailing before the America s Cup challenger series starts in mid-January, with only one of Sunday s four scheduled races able to be started but abandoned after it exceeded the 45-minute limit.
Photo: Photosport / Chris Cameron
Races cannot start unless the wind is a minimum of 6.5 knots (12 kph), and while the superfast AC75 monohulls have shown they can achieve more than three times the wind speed, they need to generate at least 15 knots of speed to get up on their foils.
Race officials called off the day s racing shortly before 6pm after abandoning the first race between defenders Team New Zealand (TNZ) and Ben Ainslie s Team INEOS UK.