No Wind, No Race for America s Cup Boats This Christmas
20th December 2020
Waiting for the wind in Auckland
Credit: Studio Borlenghi
No winner in Auckland today for the Prada America s Cup Christmas Race as the breeze dropped away after the start of race 1 and there was not enough to complete the 4 races scheduled for the day.
Race 1 between Emirates Team New Zealand and INEOS TEAM UK - respectively the winner and fourth-placed in the PRADA ACWS Auckland - started on time at 1512.
Emirates Team New Zealand sailed fast around the course until during the second downwind lap when the breeze dropped and the Kiwis remained unable to foil downwind.
Saturday, 19 December 2020, 2:28 pm
Tomorrow (Sunday) is the last chance to watch Emirates
Team New Zealand race against all three challengers –
American Magic, INEOS Team UK and Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli -
on Auckland’s stunning Waitematā Harbour as the PRADA
Christmas Race is contested.
This will be the last
time supporters will be able to see Emirates Team New
Zealand compete before the 36th America’s Cup Match from
6-21 March next year.
With the racing closer to the
shore than ever before, spectators have enjoyed spectacular
viewing from prime vantage points, making this one of the
most accessible events in the Cup’s recent history.
Chris McKeen/Stuff
The Prada America’s Cup World Series offers the first chance this summer to see Emirates Team New Zealand and the other boats vying for the Auld Mug in action. The global pandemic halted production for the first time in its history, but nothing can stop a
Shortland St Christmas cliffhanger. The soap’s Instagram account is dropping hints with the hashtag #SHORTLANDSTCLIFF and all will be revealed in a one-hour special (Thursday, 7pm, TVNZ2). Whispers are, not only will lives be in danger, but you can expect some kind of Christmas miracle. What is certain however, like death and taxes, no matter what happens, life will go on in Ferndale in 2021.
Friday, 11 December 2020, 10:49 am
The “voice of the America’s Cup” PJ
Montgomery joins Newstalk ZB, Gold AM and iHeartRadio to
lead 36th America’s Cup presented by PRADA
radio commentary.
New Zealand Media
and Entertainment (NZME) has confirmed pre-eminent yachting
commentator Peter ‘PJ’ Montgomery will anchor its live
radio commentary for the 36th America’s Cup across Gold
AM, Newstalk ZB and iHeartRadio.
As the official radio
partner of the 36th America’s Cup presented by PRADA, NZME
will have live radio coverage of every race from the PRADA
America’s Cup World Series later this month through to the