The Luna Ross Principle team of completed a 33sec win over Emirates Team New Zealand in the Final match race to claim over victory at the AC38 Preliminary Regatta Sardinia.

The third and final day of the America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta will feature two final fleet races and a one-on-one, one race, match-race final on Sunday

GB1, skippered by Dylan Fletcher, was forced to sit-out a second day after suffering the return of a hydraulic issue on the one-design AC40 race boat during its warm-up laps

In the end, it was Dutch Olympic bronze medallist Luuc Van Opzeeland and Israel’s rising star Tamar Steinberg who secured the 2026 European titles

The two Luna Rossa teams keep their top 3 places but Emirates Team New Zealand join them in second place with a best of the day 1, 3, 2, scoreline.

Second day of the  38th America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta, in Cagliari, looks set to provide similar conditions with a building afternoon breeze estimated to be 11-16 knot range, and a building sea-state

Tamar Steinberg ISR and Luuc Van Opzeeland NED hold the overall leads as the top 10 advance to Saturday’s live-streamed iQFOiL Medal Series

Maria Erdi of Hungary won the women’s ILCA 6 European title, Pavlos Kontides won his third European ILCA 7 title, and Claudio Crocco of Italy won the men’s ILCA 6 title

Luna Rossa teams dominate first day of AC38 Preliminary Regatta in Cagliari with the Italian Women & Youth boat posting a 1, 2, 1 scoreline for a nine point lead

The first AC38 Preliminary Regatta starts in earnest Friday with three races starting at 14:13 BST (15.13 Cagliari time) the first competitive meeting of the AC38 America’s Cup Teams