Yachting: Frustrating day for Team NZ

Yachts jostle for position prior to the start of the opening fleet race in Louis Vuitton Act 13 pre-America's Cup sailing off Valencia. Photo / Reuters

Team New Zealand is second equal with Oracle overall after three races of the fleet races in Act 13 off Valencia.

New Zealand finished third and fourth on day two, which started with promise and ended in bizarre circumstances, with a strong breeze suddenly dying.

Crewman Adam Beashel was taken off the boat and to hospital with a serious hand injury before the start of race one.

In race two, Plus-39 broke its mast while the German team also had to withdraw, due to rig damage.

The wind abruptly died to see Oracle go from first to seventh, while Team New Zealand was fourth.

Skipper Ben Ainslie says it has been another tough day, and it was a case of battling through the difficult conditions and hanging in there.

- NEWSTALK ZB

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