RACING POSTPONED IN THE PUIG WOMEN’S AMERICA’S CUP
Barcelona dawned with a misty cloud cover hanging over the city with all the forecast models suggesting little chance of breeze until much later in the afternoon and early evening. It’s a transitional front moving through and ushering in a positive weather pattern from the west, drawing breeze in from the Atlantic and making racing on Tuesday an exciting prospect.
With this forecast in mind, the call was made by Race Director, Iain Murray, early this morning to postpone racing for the day in the Puig Women’s America’s Cup where we had expected to get four Group B races away today and continue the monumental podium battle that started yesterday between the Dutch, Spanish, Australian and Swedish teams.
That thrilling battle for the places in the Semi-Final of the Puig Women’s America’s Cup will have to wait until Tuesday with the schedule changing and we will see the final four Group B races starting from 1100 CET on Tuesday October 8 and running through to a conclusion by 1330 CET. Then it will be a quick battery change and crew switch with the America’s Cup representative teams of Group A, coming out to finish their first series of four races from 1410 CET.
For the America’s Cup teams, it is tight at the top of the standings with Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli four points clear of Athena Pathway. Emirates Team New Zealand are currently in the third podium qualification spot, three points ahead of Alinghi Red Bull Racing, so the battle is real and all the teams are desperate to secure their place and progress further in the competition. No room for error now.
Winners will emerge on what’s looking like an awesome day of racing for the finest female athletes on the planet on Tuesday. Questions will be answered and the top six contenders (three from each Group) will then go into a final series on Friday to decide the top two teams to race in the Puig Women’s America’s Cup Match Race Final. That race will be broadcast in between races of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Match on Sunday October 13 in the full glare of the worldwide broadcast.
The up and coming stars of future America’s Cups are locked in battle for the inaugural Puig Women’s America’s Cup – the postponement only adds to the excitement building up around the Port Vell. You don’t want to miss ‘Super Tuesday.’
(Magnus Wheatley)