Overview
- Luna Rossa Senior sits atop the standings with 51 points after the second day of Naples preliminaries, giving the team a clear cushion with two fleet races left.
- La Roche‑Posay Racing Team emerged as the day’s surprise, winning two races but suffering a dramatic capsize that cost them a third likely victory.
- Race officials completed four fleet races on Saturday thanks to a grecale that rose into the 15–18+ knot range, and a 75‑metre penalty to New Zealand Senior was recorded after a start infringement.
- Two final fleet races scheduled for Sunday will decide the top two scorers, who will immediately contest a single match race to determine the Naples preliminary winner; the event is being broadcast widely and has drawn very large onshore crowds and nearly 90,000 Race Village accesses.
- The regatta uses identical AC40 one‑design boats with an eight‑race fleet series (10 points for first down to 2 for ninth) feeding a winner‑take‑all match race, and the Naples results feed into the broader Louis Vuitton America’s Cup build‑up while boosting local legacy and outreach programmes.