Thursday, 18 March 2021, 7:30 am
Wednesday 17 March 2021
Crowds have
turned out in force to watch Emirates Team New Zealand sail
into the history books on Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour
today, claiming victory over Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team
to win the 36th America’s Cup presented by
PRADA.
Tens of thousands of fans descended on
the America’s Cup Race Village on Auckland’s waterfront
today to see Emirates Team New Zealand claim victory in race
10, winning the Match by a final margin of 7-3 against a
spirited Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team.
They were
joined by thousands of spectators watching today’s action
Press Release – Auckland Unlimited
Wednesday 17 March 2021
Crowds have turned out in force to watch Emirates Team New Zealand sail into the history books on Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour today, claiming victory over Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team to win the 36th America’s Cup presented by PRADA.
Tens of thousands of fans descended on the America’s Cup Race Village on Auckland’s waterfront today to see Emirates Team New Zealand claim victory in race 10, winning the Match by a final margin of 7-3 against a spirited Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team.
They were joined by thousands of spectators watching today’s action from vantage points overlooking the harbour, big screens around the region, and on the water with a flotilla of more than 1600 craft of all sizes flanking the course.
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The British sailing team beat Luna Rossa by 33 seconds in a close race on Saturday to continue their unbeaten run in the round robin series.
The race was delayed by more than a hour after a change in wind direction and Team UK taking advantage of a new system being trialled this weekend.
Under the new system a team can call a 15 minute delay to the start to fix an onboard issue.
While waiting for racing to re-start Team UK had an issue with their sail and asked to delay the re-start while the problem was sorted.
Photo: PHOTOSPORT
Win on Saturday against Luna Rossa in the revised schedule and the undefeated Team UK can cap off their turnaround with a place in Challenger Selection Series final.
However, if the British lose that race they open the door for the Italians to sneak into the finals on a technicality.
Luna Rossa, currently two points behind Team UK, need to win on Saturday and Sunday to be level on points.
If the challengers of record pull of the double they will move through to the finals starting on February 13 - and send Team UK off to face American Magic in the semi-finals - as the rules set out in the case of a tiebreaker it is the team that won the last meeting between the deadlocked teams that progresses.