America's Cup Race 2 - Still postponed , where are nav.lights?

2:28 PM Sun 14 Feb 2010 GMT

'AC33 Race One - Into the starting box, BMW Oracle was on starboard in race one. Now the tables are turned.' BMW Oracle Racing &copy Photo Gilles Martin-Raget Click Here to view large photo

Could this be the end for Ernest Bertarelli or an amazing come back, find out on Sail-World.com today/tonight.

The race 2 start is still under postponement. Now at the Committee boat, the winds is building steadily. Committee boat 8 knots at 115. M1 3 knots at 140, M2 6 knots at 100

Principal Race Officer Harold Bennett has told the teams he's still optimistic there will be a race today. 16:30 CET is the latest time he can hold a start, and Harold says he's prepared to wait until then, if necessary.

But in this light breeze, the 39 nautical mile race would finish in the dark, even for these super fast monsters.

We continue in a holding pattern. The course has been moved three miles or so to the west, now a little over five miles offshore and the breeze is still filling in, on the time schedule forecast.

According to Italy's largest sports newspaper, La Gazzetta dello Sport, if BMW Oracle wins the America's Cup in Valencia, Mascalzone Latino will become the Challenger of Record and the 34th America's Cup match will take place in Newport, Rhode Island in 2013.

Alessandra Pandarese, Mascalzone Latino's legal counsel, is reported to currently be aboard Larry Ellison's Rising Sun, in order to present the challenge, if and when USA crosses the finish line ahead of Alinghi 5.

While America's Cup Race 2 was expected to have started by now - but has now been held over to the top of the next hour - to 13:06 pm CET (12:06am GMT) 7:06am US EC 4:06am PST, 11:06pm AEST, 01:06 am NZ time, as the breeze transitions from the northerly morning breeze to the afternoon southerly.

GMRAC33-D1 0773.JPG - BMW Oracle Racing &copy Photo Gilles Martin-Raget Click Here to view large photo

Its certainly going need something close to a miracle or a major equipment failure for the Alinghi team to come back from what was really around a 10 minute trouncing into race one.

Sail-World will document the race as it unfolds and then it will provide detailed race post race analysis after the race.

There will be two feeds to watch

Here is the BMW Oracle live feed

Here is the Youtube feed

Right now here is the BMW Oracle Race Day 2 program

Here are highlights from Race One

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