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High winds on San Francisco Bay forced a postponement of 34th America's Cup sailing on Tuesday, delaying a potential final showdown between series leader Emirates Team New Zealand and defender Oracle Team USA.

A seasonally strong out-flowing tide on San Francisco Bay running against incoming wind created conditions that exceeded safety limits set for the delicate 72-foot (22-meter) catamarans, organizers said.

A proposal by Oracle to increase the wind limits for racing was rejected by New Zealand, a New Zealand spokesman said. Oracle's performance over the weekend suggests its AC72 is faster than New Zealand's in heavy winds, some observers believe.

"We requested the wind speed to be increased by 1 knot. We feel the extra knot would still keep the event safe for the teams Naiset Adidas NMD R2 Vaaleanpunainen valkoinen , and it would help avoid postponements like today and allow racing to continue as scheduled," Oracle General Manager Grant Simmer said in an email.

New Zealand had been in a position to clinch the Cup and end the regatta if it could have won both of Tuesday's scheduled races. It will have another chance in two races scheduled for Wednesday, when the weather is expected to be more favorable.

Tuesday's racing was called after the boats headed out to the race course starting area near the Golden Gate Bridge, as whitecaps underneath grew frothier.

Organizers set strict limits on wind speeds in the America's Cup after Swedish team Artemis Racing suffered a fatal training accident in May. Wednesday's upper limit was 20.1 knots (23 miles per hour) for race one.

While 20-plus knot winds are not unusual on the bay and are acceptable for pleasure cruising, they are seen as too risky for the high-performance, hard-to-maneuver AC72 yachts.

New Zealand dominated racing between the two teams in the first week of the America's Cup finals but it ran into trouble over the weekend when a vastly improved Oracle won its second and third matches, interrupting the Kiwis' momentum.

Changes Oracle made to its AC72 catamaran after losing six of the first seven races in the series Adidas Originals NMD R1 Glitch Harmaa valkoinen , combined with much-improved tacking upwind, have made the team quicker, with both crews now looking similarly polished in their maneuvers.

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"We put in a lot of effort in our days off to make the changes necessary to the boat and review our crew work," Oracle grinder Shannon Falcone said on Sunday. "I feel really comfortable with where we are."

New Zealand leads the competition seven races to one, with Oracle's first two wins having been negated by a cheating penalty before the finals began. The first team to .