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AMERICA’S CUP COUNTDOWN

After cancelled World Series events (Cagliari, Sardinia, and Portsmouth, UK) denied the four America’s Cup teams the chance of any warm-up, boats and equipment were hastily re-routed and attention directed towards to New Zealand and 2021 instead. Not even the Kiwis were immune to pandemic disruptions, with their AC75 stuck on a needless voyage by ship to Italy and back. As goes to press, the sole remaining World Series event lies at the end of 2020 and the Prada Cup (the knockout series that decides which nation will sail against the Defender for the America’s Cup) is due to begin shortly

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