America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ score top international design talent

12:24 AM Fri 22 Apr 2011 GMT

'Pete Melvin, Emirates Team New Zealand designers group for the 34th America's Cup Catamaran.' Chris Cameron/ETNZ Click Here to view large photo

Emirates Team New Zealand have named some of their 30 strong team have assembled for the 34th America's Cup. The group was named yesterday, and has been on the project for over six months. It is now obvious that the initial funding to which the team had access ahead of securing major sponsor backing, has been used to pull together a very strong multi-national design team. Sources close to the team, told Sail-World yesterday that it would not have been possible in the time now available to pull together such a strong team and do the required ...

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