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March 5, 2015 By Jack Griffin

Team New Zealand Begins America’s Cup Campaign

 

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TEAM MEETING DAY1 AROUND AC45.                                          PHOTO: ETNZ

 

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GLENN ASHBY – ETNZ SAILING DIRECTOR PHOTO: CATAMARAN RACING

After the media turmoil of the previous two weeks, 50 team members began work March 2, 2015 on Emirates Team New Zealand’s  2017 America’s Cup campaign. Australian Glenn Ashby leads the sailing team, with 24 year old Peter Burling named as the new helmsman. Former helmsman Dean Barker has said he is no longer part of the team.

 

 


 

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PETER BURLING – NEW HELMSMAN PHOTO: HAMISH HOOPER

The team will modify the AC45 shown in the photo above, adding the one design foiling package to be ready for racing in the America’s Cup World Series in Cagliari in the first week of June. Then they will begin work on a test boat, built from the AC45 they are acquiring from the defunct Team Australia. This puts them behind the other teams in the development cycle. Oracle Team USA and Artemis Racing are already sailing highly modified AC45’s as test boats. Luna Rossa has been sailing two test boats built from standard AC45 platforms. They are making more modifications but have not yet been reported sailing the latest versions. Ben Ainslie Racing has a single foiling AC45 test boat and is rumored to be making big modifications, too. Remember that at this stage of the 34th America’s Cup, Team New Zealand was far ahead of all the other teams

 

Comments

  1. Robby Hunt says

    March 5, 2015 at 15:41

    They were far ahead because of the design team they put together…a team that was been working all along.

  2. Jack Griffin says

    March 5, 2015 at 16:33

    I’m sure the TNZ design team will have a few clever ideas this time around, too.

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