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.
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.
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 11:00 BST was 2 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.
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