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Team NZ s Blair Tuke says confidence is growing after every race as Team NZ are two wins away from retaining the America s Cup.
Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa will duel it out on the ‘Stadium Course’ for the first time at this America s Cup, if racing can get underway on Tuesday.
What s the ‘Stadium Course’?: Course C. The course has been the preferred option throughout the summer, but is weather dependent. The Stadium Course also brings more tactical skills into play with the dominant landmarks affecting wind areas on the water.
Where is it?: It is the preferred course to take advantage of the predominant Southwest wind at start time. Sheltered between North Head and Bastion Point, it brings the racing right into the heart of the Waitematā Harbour with viewing from multiple city vantage points.
America s Cup 2021: Team New Zealand v Luna Rossa - will wind factor blow open deadlock?
13 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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NZ Herald
Locked 3-apiece, Team New Zealand and Luna Rossa will be looking to the weather gods - and the possibility of strengthening winds - as a key factor in the coming days.
The America s Cup rivals return to the Hauraki Gulf today for two more races and what could be a decisive day of foiling - they each need to win four more races in the best-of-13 series to lift the Auld Mug.
The first six races have been in lighter airs - with the leading boat at the start gaining a massive advantage - and those breezes are set to continue today and tomorrow. But the regatta deadlock might be broken if a low-pressure system moves in this week.
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Ben Ainslie will stay out in Auckland for the America s Cup
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Ineos may have lost out to Luna Rossa in the Prada Cup final, but after a long, hard-fought campaign they still enjoyed a few drinks on Sunday night; ice boxes stacked with beer and rum providing well-earned refreshment to sailing and shore crew alike, everyone gathering underneath
Britannia, sitting in her cradle in the boat shed. The team were given a day off on Monday to recover from what has been a frantic period on and off the water, with plenty of all-nighters pulled in the elusive search for extra boat speed. Some staff with young children out in New Zealand apparently did the pick-up and drop-off at Ponsonby Primary School for the first time since arriving in New