It's up to the wind

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Wild westerly winds could hold up the restart of racing in the dramatic America's Cup challenger final today.

The forecast is for 20-30 knots from the west - the same weather that made it rough going for the Auckland Anniversary Day regatta yesterday.

Two of six days in this best-of-nine series between Prada and AmericaOne have been lost due to the wind - none in one instance, and too much in the other.

Both boats stayed on shore yesterday avoiding the turbulent weather. AmericaOne can't go out two-boat testing as their back-up boat, USA49 has given its mast to raceboat USA61.

The Italians have a 3-1 lead over the San Francisco crew in the race to become the 30th cup challenger.