America's Cup: AC45's start massing in the Viaduct Harbour

10:16 AM Tue 15 Mar 2011 GMT

'Oracle Racing AC45 Sea trials - Sail 1 - Oracle Racing - First sail 14 March 2011' Gilles Martin-Raget/Oracle Racing.com Click Here to view large photo

Oracle Racing sailors took to the water today in their team-branded AC45. With skipper James Spithill on the helm and joined by teammembers Ross Halcrow (trimmer), John Kostecki (tactician), Murray Jones (traveler), Piet van Nieuwenhuyzen (bow) and others, the crew went zipping around the Hauraki Gulf for approximately 90 minutes in an orientation sail. 'The boys had a good sail,' said Matthew Mason, a teammember and one of the AC45 project coordinators. 'They went out in the afternoon in an 8- to 10-knot northeasterly and had a look at a few sails. It was uneventful, probably the biggest news is ...

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by Oracle Racing Media and Sail-World