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EMIRATES TEAM NZ
The New Zealand team has been pushing the limits of the wind during their training in Auckland.
The New Zealand team’s determination to test the limits of the AC75 has cost them a second upset.
The America’s Cup defenders sped past while training in Auckland on Saturday morning in northeast winds that exceeded the limits set for racing.
The incident interrupted the session and Te Aihe sustained damage to a steering pedestal.
Emirates Team New Zealand was the first to capsize one of the radical 75-foot monohulls in December in a slow-motion rollover in the inner harbor.
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Saturday’s incident occurred while he was training at Course E located on the eastern side of the harbor, off Beachlands and within Waiheke Island, the same area that American rivals American Magic capsized last month.
The New Zealand team’s pursuit boats quickly righted Te Aihe and he was towed back to base due to steering damage.
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The New Zealand crew at Te Aihe during their capsize in December.
This same week, American Magic captain Terry Hutchinson praised the New Zealand team for the pressure the Kiwis were applying to the training environment by pushing the limits of the wind.
“The pressure of having them on the other side of the port has also been positive because it makes us sail in conditions where we could not go out because it is too windy,” said skipper Hutchinson. Sailing world.
“There is a certain level of pride that comes from running in those days. The rate of profit is exciting. “
“The ripple effect of sailing in the upper wind range is the confidence with which you arrive from the water. The boys overcome the bullying and begin to navigate better and better. The more comfortable you feel in that kind of environment, every day becomes a race day, nothing more and nothing less. “
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Te Aihe revels in some tough conditions during testing in Auckland.
Te Aihe, the first generation of Team New Zealand’s AC75, is a development boat in the final phase of its work ahead of the launch of the union’s second boat to be used to defend the America’s Cup in March.
The other two challengers, Italian Luna Rossa and Ineos Team UK, have yet to capsize their boats, but have had near misses.
The New Zealand team is the only team currently sailing with all three challengers now in Auckland and concentrating on preparing their second boats for launches and tests and training ahead of the December 17-20 world series regatta, which it will be the first time the boats have been in racing situations.
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