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    The America's Cup match starts in the wee small hours overnight with holders Team New Zealand taking on challengers Britannia

    The America's Cup match starts in the wee small hours overnight with holders Team New Zealand taking on challengers Britannia


    Peter Burling's champions haven't had a real race for a month while Sir Ben Ainsley's crew improved immeasurably to beat Italy's Luna Rossa in the Louis Vuitton Cup.

    Burling says they've kept on developing while they waited to see who would earn the right to face them.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Sailing News
     05 Mar: The Football Ferns have beaten American Samoa 3-nil to finish round two of Oceania qualifying for the 2027 Women's World Cup
     15 Feb: French SailGP skipper Quentin Delapierre is grateful the frightening high speed collision with New Zealand wasn't much worse
     14 Feb: Two sailors have been hospitalised after a nasty crash between the Black Foils and France, forcing the cancellation of racing for the day at the Auckland Sail GP event
     14 Feb: The Black Foils believe there to be a high likelihood of Sail GP returning to Auckland beyond this year
     14 Feb: Black Foils skipper Peter Burling's experiences with a wild Waitemata Harbour has him expecting enthralling racing for this weekend's Auckland stop of SailGP
     13 Feb: All 13 teams are set to start this weekend's SailGP regatta in Auckland, where some tough weather conditions should at least guarantee exciting racing ... assuming it doesn't get too ferocious on the Waitemata
     13 Feb: The fastest SailGP team on water is off the market ahead of this weekend's regatta in Auckland
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