A record number of New Zealanders are expected to tune in to watch the Auld Mug potentially be secured for the first time in more than a decade.

America's Cup racing might be coming to a harbour near you. Or a body of water near your harbour. Or, heaven forbid, it might not be coming anywhere near us at all.

It will be a comment that could go down in broadcasting history - or be quickly forgotten in an avalanche of emotion and images.

He's remained plucky and defiant throughout the America's Cup match.

He's the first Briton to sail in an America's Cup in over a quarter of a century, and five-time Olympic medallist Ben Ainslie doesn't want to make a hash of it.

On the surface Race 11 looked like a fairly comfortable wire-to-wire win, but it was not devoid of drama.

The perfect plate for a Team New Zealand fan is up for auction again - at a discounted price.

So it won't be today. America's Cup race 12 is called off due to high winds, leaving Team NZ tantalisingly close to lifting the Auld Mug.

Emirates Team New Zealand won race 11 of the America's Cup before racing was postponed for the day.

An Auckland flag maker has been inundated with Emirates Team NZ flag orders from all over the world and has hurriedly printed two extra lots already this week.

If Oracle Team USA have to hand over the America's Cup to Team New Zealand, few outside the syndicate would be more devastated than Elizabeth Murphy.

The Kiwis behind the dawn flag-bombing stunt at one of Larry Ellison's San Francisco properties yesterday said the operation took hours to research and plan.

For Kiwi fans it has felt like the never-ending regatta, but today (everything going to plan) could be the day.

All the talk in New Zealand is of the "ninjas" who flag-bombed Larry Ellison's house in San Francisco.

The Kiwis behind the dawn flag-bombing stunt at one of Larry Ellison's San Francisco properties today said the operation took hours in the researching and planning.

High winds and a an outgoing tide saw this morning's racing cancelled. Relive all the 'action' from our live coverage.

Oracle owner Larry Ellison's "party house'' was apparently given a NZ makeover by three well-disguised Kiwi ninjas this morning.

It went down to the wire - but in the end the high winds won, forcing the postponement of races 11 and 12 of the America's Cup.

The man who took a sledgehammer to the Auld Mug 17 years ago is looking to sell his story for almost $6500 to media organisations.

Oracle Team USA's stunning improvement has prompted the TAB to reopen the book on who will win the America's Cup, and add new odds for the day it will be won.

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so Team New Zealand take it as a compliment that Oracle Team USA have been copy-catting some of their strategies.

Good timing - and a crucial Kiwi connection - brought Team New Zealand and airline Emirates together.

A tourism industry leader says the Government should set strict investment criteria around the size and timing of an America's Cup defence.

There are diehard yachting fans that have been following all the action and a few sceptics that have been converted, but by and large the locals seem ambivalent.

Team NZ skipper Dean Barker's biggest nemesis Jimmy Spithill owns a $5.3 million property just a few doors down from him in NZ's most expensive suburb.