No wind, no regatta. The dead calm off Auckland has forced the participants of the America’s Cup World Series to give up competing in the last regattas scheduled for Sunday.
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This preparatory Christmas Race for the America’s Cup pitted Team New-Zealand, the last winner of the event, against the British of Team Ineos UK, led by Ben Ainslie. But the two challenges were almost at a standstill when the organizers decided to stop the fees.
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The late British
Even in a shortened format, the regatta once again underlined the delay of the British, behind five kilometers at the time of the stop. Team Ineos UK also had many foiling problems, which caused a little controversy.
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During the week, the Italians of Luna Rossa and the New Yorkers of American Magic had also taken part in regattas to face the two challenges still in contention on Sunday. The title, purely honorary, goes to Team New-Zealand.
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