A loud boo rang out around Auckland's Shed 10 As hopes of clinching the America's Cup were dashed.

New Zealand's cruel residence on the precipice of America's Cup ownership continued today with yet another weather intervention ushering in a big loss to Oracle Team USA.

It's hard enough beating Oracle Team USA - but the clock as well?

Relive all the drama from race 13 of the America's Cup in San Francisco.

It could be a good day for Emirates Team New Zealand - even as more focus goes on lengthening the 34th America's Cup past its original finish date on Sunday.

Larry Ellison - the billionaire tech mogul and the mastermind behind this year's America's Cup format - has been a no-show at his own party.

More than a million New Zealanders have been watching the America's Cup live online, adding to the hundreds of thousands viewing the racing on television.

As much as Peter Burling and Blair Tuke would love to be in on an America's Cup campaign, it remains a long-term goal because the priority is winning gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

An excited roar ripples through Shed 10 like a stiff breeze sweeping across San Francisco Bay. The impossible has happened. The wind has dropped and race two - against all expectations - is actually going to happen.

The New Zealand company which pioneered cutting-edge television graphics for the America's Cup was shut down after an executive stole almost $600,000 from its accounts.

On tiny details can great victories be won. Team New Zealand made two mistakes yesterday and it cost them a loss by 31s.

The percentages are still with Team New Zealand but, for the first time yesterday, it was possible to sneak a sideways, respectful glance at Oracle Team USA... and wonder.

The Auld Mug isn't even ours yet but real estate agents are using the promise of plum views of an America's Cup defence in the Hauraki Gulf to sell properties.

They've shouted, bellowed and sighed their way upwind and downwind with us on TV and radio. We rate how they've performed.

Thanks to America's Cup fever, the whole nation has now heard of "port entry advantage". But some may be wondering why it never seems to go our way.

If there was a sobering sight for New Zealand supporters ready to see Team New Zealand win the 34th America's Cup, it came on the upwind leg of Race 12.

It's a sad thing when rivalry in sport spills over so much that teams can't sit in the same room together.

On tiny details can great victories be won. Emirates Team New Zealand made two mistakes today and it cost them a loss by 31 seconds.

Team NZ may have lost this morning's first race in the America's Cup, but the defeat hasn't shaken the faith of Kiwi fans.

And still we wait. Poised on match point in the America's Cup, Team New Zealand could not close out the finals in race 12 this morning.

Live updates of the 34th America's Cup where Emirates Team NZ need just one more race win to re-claim the Auld Mug.

Today could be the day we farewell the AC72 catamarans. They will be missed.

Emirates Team New Zealand are the favourites by 99 per cent, or $1.01, to win the America's Cup, according to TAB odds.

Q&A with Peter Montgomery, America's Cup commentator for NewstalkZB and Radio Sport.

Emirates Team New Zealand are unlikely to have the Cup prised from their lips this morning.

Scottie Milne was celebrating 32 years of marriage and a 15-second win by Emirates Team New Zealand at Shed 10 in Auckland yesterday morning.

There are some signs of wear and tear in Emirates Team New Zealand but their mental strength has to be admired as they sit one race win from the America's Cup.