Oracle Team USA are turning the screw on Emirates Team New Zealand, bringing more intensity to the victory that just will not arrive.

Sailing reporters Paul Lewis and Dana Johannsen answer three burning questions after today's action on the water in the 34th America's Cup.

A loud boo rang out around Auckland's Shed 10 As hopes of clinching the America's Cup were dashed.

New Zealand's cruel residence on the precipice of America's Cup ownership continued today with yet another weather intervention ushering in a big loss to Oracle Team USA.

It's hard enough beating Oracle Team USA - but the clock as well?

Relive all the drama from race 13 of the America's Cup in San Francisco.

It could be a good day for Emirates Team New Zealand - even as more focus goes on lengthening the 34th America's Cup past its original finish date on Sunday.

Larry Ellison - the billionaire tech mogul and the mastermind behind this year's America's Cup format - has been a no-show at his own party.

An excited roar ripples through Shed 10 like a stiff breeze sweeping across San Francisco Bay. The impossible has happened. The wind has dropped and race two - against all expectations - is actually going to happen.

Match point can be the hardest to win. Anticipation makes some players choke, drop serve, let a tough competitor back into the match. Dean Barker's demeanour says he is not a choker.

When the debate starts for the whys and wherefores of the next Cup, we'd like to sway their judgment. Pick us, pick us.

The New Zealand company which pioneered cutting-edge television graphics for the America's Cup was shut down after an executive stole almost $600,000 from its accounts.

On tiny details can great victories be won. Team New Zealand made two mistakes yesterday and it cost them a loss by 31s.

The percentages are still with Team New Zealand but, for the first time yesterday, it was possible to sneak a sideways, respectful glance at Oracle Team USA... and wonder.

The Auld Mug isn't even ours yet but real estate agents are using the promise of plum views of an America's Cup defence in the Hauraki Gulf to sell properties.

They've shouted, bellowed and sighed their way upwind and downwind with us on TV and radio. We rate how they've performed.

Thanks to America's Cup fever, the whole nation has now heard of "port entry advantage". But some may be wondering why it never seems to go our way.

On tiny details can great victories be won. Emirates Team New Zealand made two mistakes today and it cost them a loss by 31 seconds.

Team NZ may have lost this morning's first race in the America's Cup, but the defeat hasn't shaken the faith of Kiwi fans.

And still we wait. Poised on match point in the America's Cup, Team New Zealand could not close out the finals in race 12 this morning.

Live updates of the 34th America's Cup where Emirates Team NZ need just one more race win to re-claim the Auld Mug.

Today could be the day we farewell the AC72 catamarans. They will be missed.

Emirates Team New Zealand are the favourites by 99 per cent, or $1.01, to win the America's Cup, according to TAB odds.

Q&A with Peter Montgomery, America's Cup commentator for NewstalkZB and Radio Sport.