The third day of Louis Vuitton Act 13 fleet racing was called off Thursday because of poor weather.

At 16:20, the Race Committee postponed racing for the day, after the fleet was held at sea on a cold, wet spring day.

When the 12 Cup teams left Port America’s Cup for racing, they were faced with a cold, light Northerly breeze and a heavy swell. Rain squalls soon blew down the race area and at the scheduled start time of 14:05, racing was postponed.

The Race Committee kept the boats at sea from nearly two and a half hours, but it was in vain; the weather never improved and the wind never consistently held over 5 knots.

Only three of the seven races have been sailed so far, with Alinghi leading the overall standings with Team New Zealand and Oracle second equal.

"Tomorrow looks like it could be breezy, north-easterly breeze 16 to 18 knots and it looks like there could be some quite big waves coming", said Jack Katzfey, Alinghi weather team, "Right now it looks like it's going to be sailable unless the waves get too big."

"Theoretically, tomorrow, we will see a more typical situation for Valencia", added Areva Challenge's meteorologist Bernard Simon, Meteorologist. "We will be in the center of a ‘barometric low’, which is also a complex system with clouds which can interact in a random pattern. These situations are very difficult to apprehend. It is lately, a very random field!".

If the weather conditions remain poor, organizers are facing their first major headache.

The teams may well have to race on Saturday's reserve day so the points from Act 13 can be counted.

At least four races are needed to make a regatta under international rules.