Good westerly breeze today, although puffy and shifty. We've seen variations from 18 knots down to ten knots

Six matches scheduled: the closing one i Bmw Oracle vs Luna Rossa

Artemis and then All4One defeats Ed Baird's Luna Rossa: 18 seconds the gap with the French/German team

A mainsail batten broken by Synergy takes the Russians far away from Emirates Team New Zealand and let the Kiwis win the race

Starting will be with Mascalzone vs Synergy, but everybody are waiting for Azzurra vs Emirates Team New Zealand

After losing against the Russians, Ed Baird wins over Kiwis.

During the pre-start Bertrand Pacè takes a wrong rigging and runs into Azzurra

The Italian boat Azzurra won her first race of the series, beating Luna Rossa, and now has a 1-2 record. Luna Rossa’s loss today puts her on 0-2.

The Race Committee is heading out, the race boats will be close behind. It still appears to be quite calm on the waters off the Porto Arsenale

Azzurra, the Italian boat with the old name and the young crew, defeated Britain’s TEAMORIGIN in the closest of four hard-fought races on the opening day of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland