Youth America's Cup: Day 3 - Group B Youth Teams get one race completed
by America's Cup/Sail-World 20 Sep 2024 22:37 AEST
UniCredit Youth America's Cup, Race Day 3 - Group B - September 20, 2024 - Barcelona © Ian Roman / America's Cup
The second fleet of six teams who are not affiliated with an America's Cup team have their first day of racing in the elimination series for the UniCredit Youth America's Cup started racing today, under grey overcast skies.
Due to light winds, only one race was sailed - and that was shortened to just three legs.
The home team - Spain managed to stay foiling and after a couple of touchdowns got across the finish line. The Canadian team did the same to pass Sweden, who had led for most of the race, right on the finish line.
After the wind failed to fill in, the Race Committee abandoned racing for the day at 1400hrs UTC. Racing will continue on Saturday starting at 1209UTC.
Race 1:
1. ESP
2. CAN
3. SWE
4. GER
5. AUS
Weather Prognosis:
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Provisional Forecast Youth AC - Race Day 3: To be updated.
Tuesday 17th Sept
Forecast for Friday 20 Sept - Youth America's Cup Day 3
The weather deteriorates today and for the next few days. The morning will have rain and showers making the winds unsettled. During the afternoon the rain and showers should decrease and stop at some stage and we expect the wind to align from the East direction and blow around 5 to 10 knots.
Sea state will be calm at 0.5 meter from the East with a 4-second period. Temperatures will reach 22°C.
Saturday 21st Sept
It will be a cloudy day with a small risk of rain and showers. In the afternoon a bit stronger winds from the East are expected with 10 knots.