America's Cup challenger 'destroys' spectacle with race course ruling

America's Cup challenger 'destroys' spectacle with race course ruling
Pattrick Smellie
If you want to watch The America’s Cup boats racing from three of Auckland’s best vantage points – North Head, Narrow Neck and Bastion Point – the only chance you’ll get is just before Christmas.That’s unless Emirates Team New Zealand can broker a new deal with the Auckland harbourmaster and Ports of Auckland over access to two inner harbour courses during the Prada Cup challenger series of races to be run between Jan.15 and Feb. 22 next year.In a classic example of the sort of Auld Mug off-water manouevring...

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