Youth America’s Cup: Day 6 – Group A & B Youth Teams

Youth America’s Cup: Day 6 – Group A & B Youth Teams – Race schedule for Monday

by America’s Cup/Sail-World 23 Sep 02:46 UTC
23 September 2024

No racing on Sunday at the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup – September 22, 2024 – Barcelona © Ian Roman / America’s Cup

With no racing possible yesterday due to the breeze being unable to consistently reach over the required minimum of 7.5kts.

At the end of the day, when racing was abandoned the Race Committee posted:

Update from Race Committee: Racing abandoned for Sunday and postponed to Monday.

SCHEDULE FOR TOMORROW MONDAY 23 SEPTEMBER
• Group B Race 7 scheduled start is 14:10
• Intention is 2 races for Group B followed by 4 races for Group A

The updated forecast Arnaud Monges, former America’s Cup Team Meteorologist for Predictwing

Group A – who are affiliated with teams entered in the 2024 America’s Cup. Group B are invited teams who are not affiliated with an America’s Cup team have they will have their third day of racing in the elimination series for the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup.

Weather Prognosis:

America’s Cup Weather Partner PredictWind has provided a dedicated Race Weather Center offering fans access to detailed daily weather breakdowns, live webcams and historical weather data to daily weather breakdowns written by meteorologists.

Provisional Forecast Youth AC – Race Day 6:

In the morning Barcelona will have light offshore winds. In the afternoon the winds will establish from the South direction and blow around 8 to 12 knots making great sailing conditions.

Waves of around 0.8 meter are expected from East/South-East. The sky should be mostly clear in the afternoon with temperatures up to 24°C.

From Arnaud Monges, former America’s Cup Team Meteorologist