Naples, Italy: If luck represents the moment when opportunity and preparation cross tacks, ARC Team USA enjoyed an auspicious start to their multi-Cup campaign at the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta Naples (“PR2”; September 24-27, 2026), which just concluded in Naples, Italy
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In short, Luna Rossa were sublime on the final day of the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta, Naples. On a day where the Bay of Naples served up 11-14 knot breezes that oscillated, built, faded and built again, it was the Italian challenger who simply showed no weaknesses, winning the final two fleet races and then totally dominating the Match Race final against Emirates Team New Zealand
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La Roche-Posay Racing Team finished third at the second America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta in Naples, winning two AC40 fleet races during a weekend that also saw the French crew recover from two capsizes
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Emirates Team New Zealand wraps up a high-stakes preliminary event on the Gulf of Naples with a hard-fought second place overall for the senior team led by Nathan Outteridge, falling just short against Luna Rossa in a classic Match Race Final
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A grand finale in Naples for the second Preliminary Regatta of the 38th America’s Cup, with Luna Rossa Senior claiming victory and, after Cagliari, also taking the title at the Naples even
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The choice of the Bay of Naples as the venue for the Louis Vuitton 38th America’s Cup was fully vindicated today on day two of the Preliminary Regatta with some of the best fleet racing ever seen in the modern history of this outstanding sporting event
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Day two of the Preliminary Regatta Naples delivered a full-throttle spectacle across the Bay of Naples, treating an electric crowd of over 65,000 spectators in the Race Village to a relentless display of tight, high-stakes AC40 racing.
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After a long wait for stable conditions and a difficult opening race, the Swiss Team responded with a strong performance in Race 2. Paul Goodison, Phil Robertson, Nicolas Rolaz and Pietro Sibello were immediately in the fight at the front, leading during the opening upwind leg before settling into a close battle with Luna Rossa
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After days of sunshine and fair sea breezes in the Bay of Naples, overnight a short-lived Atlantic front moved across central and southern Italy, known as an ‘Atlantic perturbation’ that brought with it a cooler, unstable air with showers and thunderstorms in Naples alongside reports of lightning and rumbles of thunder in the hills
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