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Winds on Thursday were blowing on the water at 18 to 20 knots, or about 23 to 25 miles per hour, which race organizers described as typical for the bay. "The boats are designed to sail and compete in winds of up to 30 knots . so this wasn't excessive," one America's Cup official told Reuters. "It was windy but not superextreme." Race organisers said Simpson was assigned as the crew's tactician but also would have been involved in operating winches and performing other tasks necessary to sail the twinhulled boat. This year's America's Cup competition begins in July with qualifying races known as the Louis Vuitton Cup. The America's Cup contest itself is slated to start on September 7. All the races will be run on San Francisco Bay. Two other challenging teams, one from Italy and one from New Zealand,[url=http://www.floware.fr]michael kors pas cher[/url], recently arrived in the Bay Area to begin training there. The crew of the defending America's Cup champion boat, Oracle Team USA, was on the bay for training at the time the Artemis capsized, America's Cup officials said. Oracle Team USA's boat flipped over in a practice run in October, damaging the windsail. But no one was injured, and the vessel was relaunched in January. |
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