America's Cup World Series - Wind no show - exciting racing ahead

by Land Rover BAR on 18 Oct 2015 Race officials were unable to start the action in Bermuda at the third and final event of the 2015 Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series when the wind failed to show up.

Despite being disappointed and frustrated, the sailors are looking forward to a huge day of action tomorrow, when the schedule will be adjusted to run three races. Fortunately, the meteorologists are promising much better conditions on Super Sunday. And with the racing counting for double points, there will be everything to play for as the 2015 World Series concludes.

Thoughts from the team

Tactician, Giles Scott: 'Today was disappointing, there's no way to dodge that fact; we wanted to race, the crowds wanted to see us race, but the weather just didn't cooperate. The best thing we can say about today is that because we didn't sail they will change the schedule and we will now have the chance to do three races, rather than two tomorrow. That's good news, the forecast looks good and it's still all on.'

Wing Trimmer, Paul 'C-J' Campbell-James: 'The fact that the racing didn't happen today makes Super Sunday all the more important, now there are three double points races tomorrow and only seven points between the top three teams. So tomorrow will be the single most important day of racing in the whole season so far. There's a great forecast, the team feels good and we're excited for it. Bermuda is always awesome, it was great to see the crowd at the opening ceremony, and we're looking forward to some more 'home team' support tomorrow!'

Racing is scheduled to start at 14:10 ADT - 18:10 BST. Check out all Land Rover BAR's social channels for the latest team news and updates, and if you are in the UK and Ireland, then the live coverage starts on BT Sport 1 from 17:30 BST.

Land Rover BAR Bermuda line up:

• Ben Ainslie - Skipper and Team Principal
• Paul Campbell-James - Wing Trimmer
• David 'Freddie' Carr - Runner
• Nick Hutton - Trimmer
• Giles Scott - Bow/Tactician
• Andy Mclean - Race crew reserve
• Jo Lees - Boat Captain
• Richy O'Farrell - Shore support
• James Chapman – Rib driver and Shore support
• Ian Boag - Shore support

Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series Leaderboard after two events:

1. Emirates Team New Zealand – 72
2. Land Rover BAR – 65
3. ORACLE TEAM USA – 64
4. SoftBank Team Japan – 56
5. Artemis Racing – 53
6. Groupama Team France – 50