Emirates Team New Zealand becomes third overall leader on third day - America’s Cup World Series

1600 – In some of the most challenging conditions seen yet at America’s Cup World Series Naples, Emirates Team New Zealand showed the fleet jet-like speed in winning both fleet races while tomorrow’s match racing championship will see two first-time skippers square off for the title.
Full report to come.

1440 – Tomorrow’s match racing championship will see ORACLE TEAM USA (Tom Slingsby) racing Luna Rossa Swordfish (Francesco Bruni). The two winners defeated their in-house rivals by approximately 20 seconds each. Slingsby and Bruni are first-time helmsmen racing the AC45s, but have been solid on the race course.

1350 – After an herculean repair effort that took the better part of 18 hours, Luna Rossa Swordfish (Francesco Bruni) passed its stress test and was re-launched about 15 minutes ago, in time for this afternoon’s semi final round of the match racing championship at America’s Cup World Series Naples. The crew will sail the second semi final match, against teammates Luna Rossa Piranha (Chris Draper). The first match sees ORACLE TEAM USA (Tom Slingsby) racing J.P. Morgan BAR (Ben Ainslie). Match 1 is scheduled to begin at 14:05 and Match 2 at 14:22. Reports from the race course show the wind blowing at 13 knots from a southerly quadrant.

1220 – The weather forecast for the day once again calls for south/south-southwesterly winds of 8-12 knots for a large portion of today’s racing. Later in the day the wind could gust in the mid-20s, which might make the second fleet race a wild affair.