The fourth race day of the 27th America’s Cup and Emirates Team New Zealand are poised to consolidate their lead and go to match point.
DAY 4 RACE NEWS UPDATE:
Wind conditions, 7 kts at start Race 5
Wind conditions, 12 kts at start Race 6
14: BST – AC37 Race 6 – In pre-start GBR break away to cross start 10 kts quicker then NZL over startline.
Gate 1 – GBR lead by 6 sec, 65 metre
Gate 2 – GBR lead by 9 sec
Gate 3 – GBR lead by 9 sec
Gate 4 – GBR lead by 16 sec, NZL touchdown
Gate 5 – GBR lead by 13 sec, NZL close to 115 metres
Gate 6 – GBR leadby 7 sec
Gate 7 – GBR lead by 7 sec, NZL close to 60 metres
FINISH – Ineos Britannia win by 7 sec
MATCH SCORE – NZL 4, GBR 2
13:10 BST – AC37 Race 5 – Eimirates Team NZ come off foils in pre-start. Ineos Britannia on foils and do a dip start to leave NZL off foils.
Gate 1 – GBR lead by 1600 metre, 2 min 15 sec
Gate 2 – GBR lead by 1 min 59 sec
Gate 3 – GBR lead by 1 min 37 sec
Gate 4 – GBR lead by 1 min 36 sec
Gate 5 – GBR lead by 1 min 29 sec
FINISH – Ineos Britannia take first win by 1 min 18 sec
MATCH SCORE – NZL 4, GBR 1
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Ineos Britannia have possibly one last chance to find a way round the Kiwis as they bid for a clean-sweep victory.
Race 4 raised British hopes with a close battle from the start, but Emirates Team NZ once again gained sufficiant advantage to dominate the later stages and go 4 – Nil up.
Races 5 and 6 are possibly the last realistic chance for Ineos to prevent or at least delay an early Kiwi victory.
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Day 4 Racing is scheduled from 13:00hrs UK (14:0 CST) on Wednesday 16 October.
The wind will fill in progressively from the South and we expect 8 to 12 knots from the direction 200° once established, so possible race start delay.
Waves of 1 meter from the South-East at 5-second interval will be driven by the stronger wind further offshore. Waves and wind will not be aligned.
AC Weather Forecast 16 Oct:
Wind – Southerly 7 knots increasing to 12 knots. Gusts up to 18 knots.
Note: Wind at 13:44 BST was 12.5 knots
Sea State – South East 0.9m at 5s period
Temp – 21 deg C Fine.
The British team is lead by Ben Ainslie, the New Zealand team by Peter Burling.
