America's Cup: AC72's caught on the edge of tornado + Video

'Emirates Team New Zealand training with the team’s first AC72 on the Hauraki Gulf on Day 28'    Chris Cameron/ETNZ©    Click Here to view large photo Auckland was hit by a tornado yesterday (Thursday) with devastating damage and the loss of three lives. Both America's Cup Challengers were out training in the Hauraki Gulf at the time and were on the fringes of the violent weather system. Winds just west of the team's bases were recorded at 50kts gusting 60kts for a brief period, further down the harbour it was 30kts gusting 40kts. Sail-World spoke to both teams last night and despite the high winds there was no incidents or damage. The peak wind reported was 26-28kts in the 2000/04 America's Cup course area where both teams were training separately. Emirates Team NZ has published a video of the day showing their AC72 sailing at over 42.5kts in awkward seas, including the start of a couple of nosedives. <: embed_code :> by Richard Gladwell - 5:54 AM Fri 7 Dec 2012 GMT Click here for printer friendly version Click here to send us feedback or comments about this story. If you want to send this story to a friend, please use link below http://www.sail-world.com/indexs.cfm?nid=104480 Based on your current download speed Sail-World has delivered large images (660 pixels long side.)  If you would like to see only small images (300 pixels long side) click here .  For medium sized images (500 pixels long side) click here .  If you would prefer to see text only (without pictures) click here Click for further information on 2013 America's Cup Related News Stories: 19 May 2013  America's Cup: Luna Rossa sails on San Francisco Bay 18 May 2013  America's Cup: We are here for the sailing not a TV show - Luna Rossa 18 May 2013  America's Cup: Review Committee meets Teams - Italians break to ranks? 17 May 2013  America's Cup: All teams recommended to suspend sailing 17 May 2013  America's Cup: 'We will not participate in the slaughtering game' 15 May 2013  America's Cup: Committee to report on AC72 safety measures 14 May 2013  America's Cup: German team pulls out of Red Bull Youth series 14 May 2013  America´s Cup Artemis Crew in shock - newspaper quotes inaccurate 14 May 2013  America's Cup: Barclay expects Cup to proceed as planned 13 May 2013  Gladwell's Line: Tragedy in San Francisco + RYA Tribute Video

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