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Kiwis take NZL 84 out for a sail Kiwis take NZL 84 out for a sail
On Wednesday afternoon, Emirates Team New Zealand took their new boat, NZL 84, out for a sail on Valencia waters for the first time. The team had sailed NZL 82 earlier this week.
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Emirates Team New Zealand’s Barker wins the battle of the Kiwis Emirates Team New Zealand’s Barker wins the battle of the Kiwis
Emirates Team New Zealand helmsman Dean Barker won the New Zealand Match Racing Championships over the weekend, beating America’s Cup sailors from BMW ORACLE Racing and K-Challenge among others.
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Peter Holmberg, Team Alinghi Peter Holmberg, Team Alinghi
As helmsman, Peter Holmberg is a recent high-profile addition to the Alinghi team, following his departure from BMW ORACLE after the last America’s Cup. Holmberg first came to prominence in the 1988 Olympic Games, when he won a silver medal in the Finn singlehander, the only sailing medal ever won by a US Virgin Islander.
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Is the third time the charm? Is the third time the charm?
Italy’s Luna Rossa Challenge is the eldest brother of the three Italian challenges at the 32nd America’s Cup, the third consecutive attempt at capturing the ‘Auld Mug’ by owner and project instigator Patrizio Bertelli and his skipper Francesco de Angelis.
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Juan Vila - Team Alinghi Juan Vila - Team Alinghi
Juan Vila has been equally successful in America’s Cup racing as in round-the-world racing in his crucial role of navigator. He was a member of the winning illbruck team in the last Volvo Ocean Race, and a year later was a member of Alinghi when the team won the America’s Cup
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Jochen Schuemann, Team Alinghi Jochen Schuemann, Team Alinghi
Jochen Schuemann is helmsman and Sporting Manager for Alinghi. He was part of the winning Cup team in Auckland 2003, and is one of the most successful Olympians of all time with three golds and one silver medal. Andy Rice spoke to him ahead of the Marseille Louis Vuitton Act, in September.
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Anna Kournikova in the Port America’s Cup Anna Kournikova in the Port America’s Cup
Cameramen, photographers and journalists were flocking around the Emirates Team New Zealand base on Tuesday morning. And what was all the excitement about?
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‘Been here long?’ - ‘No, just arrived.’ ‘Been here long?’ - ‘No, just arrived.’
Italy’s Luna Rossa Challenge and Sweden’s Victory Challenge both have very different experiences in Valencia. The Italians have been here longer than any other team in the 32nd America’s Cup, setting up a base in Valencia shortly after it was announced as the host city, and well before the team challenged. The Luna Rossa team was sailing in Valencia as early as April last year.
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