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Luna Rossa continues to talk about her boat, claiming a much better performance range and the ability to keep the New Zealand team at bay in the America’s Cup match.
The unions are scheduled to begin competing on Wednesday, with the first team to claim seven victories taking home the Auld Mug.
Luna Rossa has looked powerful in light conditions, but has worked hard to improve in stronger winds and skipper Max Sirena believes it has been achieved at the upper end of the scale with an upper wind limit of 21 knots for The Match.
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Luna Rossa believes she can match the New Zealand team in strong winds and it will be difficult to pass.
“We are very confident with the wind below 12 knots and above 18,” said Sirena. OA sport in Italy.
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The upper wind range has always been considered an area of strength for the New Zealand team.
Luna Rossa appears to have adjusted its blades with smaller fins to increase its performance in the strongest winds.
Sirena also continued to charge his aggression in the teeing area, seeing this as an area they could exploit to give them an advantage later on the field.
“Our strong point is the starts, and if we go ahead at the start, they won’t pass us so easily. They are under a lot of pressure ”.
As always, it will come down to the fastest boat and the indications are that Kiwis still have that crucial factor in Te Rehutai.
While there has been a custom for the team to win the starts and claim the first cross for victory, in the Prada Cup final, Luna Rossa lost the last two starts, but quickly used superior boat speed to overtake the UK team as they progressed. in a 7-1 win.
The New Zealand team has shown real speed upwind, an area in which they have worked to gain an advantage from the start of first leg races in the breeze.
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Getting control of the first crossing will be an important factor for the America’s Cup match between New Zealand team Luna Rossa.
In the December World Series regatta, the New Zealand team was often neglected in the starting box, but used their superior boat speed to overcome that as they wanted to win the silver medal.
Much will also depend on the fields available for The Match. If the race starts in level 2 blocking conditions in Auckland, as the Prada Cup final did, the preferred stadium field below North Head could be out of play due to crowd restrictions on the ground.
That would make the races take place on the north or east fields, which have been single lane affairs, making leadership changes very difficult to achieve.
The stadium field, with its wind variants at both ends courtesy of North Head and Rangitoto Island, draws more tacticians on the run.
In another design development, Luna Rossa continues to play with its aerodynamic package, appearing to have slightly larger fairings covering its cabs than they had for the Challenger series.
