America's Cup: Emirates Team NZ starts sailing their two boat program

6:44 PM Wed 22 Jun 2011 GMT

'Emirates Team NZ's first SL-33 fits neatly into the travelift berth.' Richard Gladwell Click Here to view large photo

There's a new cat, soon to be two, prowling the Auckland waterfront. From the design board of a highly respected US multihull design partnership, and built by a top Wellington based composites builder, the pair of new black cats are here to stay for a couple of years at least. Dean Barker, Emirates Team New Zealand skipper, looks over the latest of now the third pedigree, known as the SL33, owned by the America's Cup team. 'They're from the board of Morelli & Melvin, who are with us for the America's Cup program,' he ...

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by Richard Gladwell