Calm in Auckland, the fourth day of the America’s Cup final postponed by one day: it remains 3-3
AUCKLAND. Flat calm in the Auckland Sea in New Zealand, wind at just 4 knots and America’s Cup races canceled. Luna Rossa and Te Rehutai, the Maori name of the New Zealand boat, will return tomorrow (live on TV from 4 am on March 15 on Rai2 and Sky) to compete in the seventh and eighth regattas that were scheduled for today. The score therefore remains at 3-3 and the trophy is won by those who reach 7 victories.
Before making a decision, the organizers took all the time required by the regulation in cases like these, postponing the departure time by the minute, in the hope that the wind would rise from 4-5 knots on average to 6.5. which is the minimum to be able to start the regattas. But there was nothing to do, and at 6 pm local time, 6 am in Italy, they decided that it was enough for today.
Luna Rossa and Te Rehutai were towed by the tugs to the port, leaving thousands and thousands of fans disappointed waiting for the new challenge between the two boats. As in recent days, hundreds of boats of all kinds have in fact crowded around the race course to closely follow the battle between the two jewels of technology developed by the Prada Pirelli team and Emirates New Zealand.
For Monday the weather forecasts are positive, in fact they indicate a possible wind of 10-12 knots coming from the north-east. It starts from the score of 3-3 tomorrow, at 4 Italian time.
The comment by Vasco Vascotto, Luna Rossa’s tactician, is playful, and serves to ease the tension accumulated in two hours of waiting which turned out to be useless. «Today’s is a goalless draw _ he said _, like Triestina who always draws. We should have expected it, it was a really extreme day, we knew that today would be difficult “
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