It’s been on and off again due to increased incidents of Covid-19. Racing is set to start on Wednesday, March 10th under Covid-19 Level 2

The highly anticipated Race 1 of the 36th America’s Cup Match will start shortly after 4 pm (NZT) on Wednesday March 10th. The Government announced a reduction in alert levels March 5th.

Under COVID-19 Alert level 2 or 1, the race schedule will remain as planned with 2 races per day – Wednesday 10th, Friday 12th, Saturday 13th, Sunday 14th, Monday 15th and each day after that. The current schedule has racing every day until either the Defender Emirates Team New Zealand or the Challenger Luna Rossa reaches 7 wins.

Racing Under Level 2 

Racing under Level 2 will be restricted to only be sailed on either Race Course A or E. If Auckland moves to Level 1, all courses will become options for the Regatta Director again.

Every race of the 36th America’s Cup presented by Prada will be streamed online on YouTube, Facebook and americascup.com in almost every country in the world

Watch the America’s Cup match at americascup.com. If it’s a race day, the RACING will go LIVE at 16:00 NZT / 03:00 UTC (08:00PT Tuesday, March 9) on the America’s Cup website. Or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo15ZYO_XDRU9LI30OPtxAg.

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