Sailing: Copa América events, Luna Rossa: a victory and a knockout

Second day of the World Series in Auckland, a dress rehearsal for the regattas that, from January, will lead to number 36 of the America’s Cup, a trophy to which Italy aspires since 1983 with different boats, but has never managed to win. Luna Rossa will prove for the fifth time, that also in this second round she has collected a victory and a loss in both games against American Magic, the American helmet (name on the launch, Patriot) that the previous day she had placed under the orders of the New Zealanders. Luna Rossa paid her duty in both races and was given a penalty before the start. If in the first test (also thanks to a technical problem of the Americans) Patrizio Bertelli’s team managed to remedy the test by going to win the test with an advantage of 12 “, in the second the comeback did not work and in the end Patriota crossed the finish first, with a 30 ”lead.

The British are back

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In the other two races, Team New Zealand clearly beat British baronet Ben Ainslie’s team. But after the retreats on the first day, the English boat finally managed to haggle, completing the course and showing significant signs of improvement after the first few outings. Basically, the “real” regattas were seen with pathos (at some point) and also with showmanship. Basically, the months of confrontation that had been raised in the summer have been missing. Tomorrow (live Rai 2 and Sky) the third day. The overall impression is that, for now at least, Team New Zealand is by far the fastest boat of the lot, but with kiwis it’s not immune to some burr. They certainly remain favorites for the defense of the world’s oldest sailing trophy, but …