Thanks 2:50am: The Italian Woman and Youth team win race 6! Well deserved.
2:25am: Race 6 has had wind sampling; race 6 is go. 2-minute warning.
2:18am: Brief race 5 report:
Athena Pathway Win Race 5 as Light Air Turns the Fleet Upside Down
Hannah Mills and Athena Pathway took their first race win of the regatta in tricky, shifting conditions that had the rest of the fleet struggling to stay on the foils. The breeze dropped to around seven knots through the race, the course was shortened four times, and Tudor Team Alinghi capsized and retired. GB1 remained ashore with ongoing technical problems.
La Roche-Posay and Luna Rossa Women and Youth had both led before being caught by wind vacuums at the bottom of the course, dropping off the foils at the worst possible moment. Athena Pathway, sailing cleanly and conservatively throughout, moved through to the front and held on.
Gradoni and Porro recovered from their splashdown to claim second by half a metre over La Roche-Posay at the line, the French collecting a penalty on top of it. Full report to follow shortly.
2:08: Italian woman and youth take second place in race 5.
2:06: The Brits, in their second boat, take the win in race 5! Hannah Mills across the line. Fantastic race from her.
Down to the wire, ETNZ edge out Luna Rossa in Race 4 Sardinia Preliminary
1:43am: We have had the two minute warning for race 5 – the race is live.
1:30am: Nathan Outteridge skippered ETNZ takes race 4! Just – Italy, Peter Burling’s team came over the finish line 0.02 seconds later!
Really exciting, awesome race.
1:10am: Day 2 starts. Race 4 has just started – no GB1 on the water after yesterday’s problems. The winds are much less today, more manageable winds than yesterday.
