Fonte: ETNZ
It takes long, hard work, big sacrifice and total commitment, but the end goal and the chance of winning the America’s cup will make it all worthwhile, and of course the chance to do what you love everyday.
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quarta-feira, 13 de fevereiro de 2013
VIDEO: It’s not just a job
It takes long, hard work, big sacrifice and total commitment, but the end goal and the chance of winning the America’s cup will make it all worthwhile, and of course the chance to do what you love everyday.
AC72 Mk II goes sailing for the first time
Fonte: ETNZ
Emirates Team New Zealand took its second AC72 catamaran sailing for the first time today. It was a much-anticipated day, another big step on the way to the 34th America’s Cup competition at San Francisco.Chris Cameron’s pictures from today are here and here
Racing in the Louis Vuitton Cup, the challenger elimination series, start in less than five months.
Before that, the team has to complete an exhaustive two-month testing and training programme on the AC72 at Auckland, before packing the base and shipping race yachts, chase boats and the team’s entire support infrastructure to San Francisco.
The team expects to be sailing on San Francisco Bay towards the end of May.
Today, after waiting for the breeze to fill in, the cat left the dock at 12.30pm in a north-easterly between 8-11 knots.
Under the watchful eyes of designers, engineers, and system specialists on chase boats, the sailing crew eased into the day’s sailing programme.
The race yacht returned to base late afternoon, having completed the day’s schedule. The team stays on shore tomorrow with the second sailing day on Thursday.
Emirates Team New Zealand took its second AC72 catamaran sailing for the first time today. It was a much-anticipated day, another big step on the way to the 34th America’s Cup competition at San Francisco.Chris Cameron’s pictures from today are here and here
Racing in the Louis Vuitton Cup, the challenger elimination series, start in less than five months.
Before that, the team has to complete an exhaustive two-month testing and training programme on the AC72 at Auckland, before packing the base and shipping race yachts, chase boats and the team’s entire support infrastructure to San Francisco.
The team expects to be sailing on San Francisco Bay towards the end of May.
Today, after waiting for the breeze to fill in, the cat left the dock at 12.30pm in a north-easterly between 8-11 knots.
Under the watchful eyes of designers, engineers, and system specialists on chase boats, the sailing crew eased into the day’s sailing programme.
The race yacht returned to base late afternoon, having completed the day’s schedule. The team stays on shore tomorrow with the second sailing day on Thursday.
terça-feira, 15 de janeiro de 2013
2nd Boat to ETNZ
Fonte: Team New Zealand
The much anticipated Emirates Team New Zealand AC72 Boat 2 has been delivered from Cookson’s Boatyard to the team base in Auckland’s Viaduct.
After months of continuous hard work and over 40,000 man hours the second of the teams AC72′s has been completed.
The job now is to piece it together then fit it out with all of the complex systems and get it out on the water in the next few weeks to be load tested, tuned and resume the sailing program to get it up to speed in final preparations before shipping it to San Francisco for the start of the Louis Vuitton Cup in July.
The much anticipated Emirates Team New Zealand AC72 Boat 2 has been delivered from Cookson’s Boatyard to the team base in Auckland’s Viaduct.
After months of continuous hard work and over 40,000 man hours the second of the teams AC72′s has been completed.
The job now is to piece it together then fit it out with all of the complex systems and get it out on the water in the next few weeks to be load tested, tuned and resume the sailing program to get it up to speed in final preparations before shipping it to San Francisco for the start of the Louis Vuitton Cup in July.
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