• No racing on Sunday due to winds of more than 30 knots
• ‘We have seen what a great race course it is,’ says Ainslie
• ‘We have seen what a great race course it is,’ says Ainslie
Portsmouth has proved a worthy venue for the America’s Cup, according to Britain’s leading sailor, Sir Ben Ainslie. The four-times Olympic gold medal winner was speaking after winds of more than 30 knots had caused the cancellation of the second day of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series on Sunday.
Organisers brought forward the two races by 90 minutes in to try to avoid the worst of the weather, which was moving in from the west. But when the wind limit of 25 knots was reached the waterfront arena and fanzone area were evacuated, before racing was called off.
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