Technology helps America's Cup teams read Hauraki Gulf wind

[ASFN Admin]

The wind has many moods on the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland's Waitemata Harbour where the 36th match for the America’s Cup is taking place between defender Team New Zealand and Italian challenger Luna Rossa. In sudden squalls it can whip up white caps like cake frosting and in calms the Gulf can lie equally as limpid. At the same time tides work against the wind and add to the puzzle the sailors of this America’s Cup have to unravel.

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