The team, skippered by New Zealander Dean BARKER (NZL), who is currently competing in the ISAF Grade 1 Congressional Cup in California, USA, has used the southern hemisphere summer to test hulls, appendages and sails.

By the end of next week, the programme will have been completed and the team will pack up and prepare for the move to Valencia for the 2005 pre-regattas which start on June 15.

Data collected from the summer programme with NZL81 and NZL68, the yacht built for the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup by the Illbruck Challenge, has provided valuable input as the design team works towards the first new yacht for 2007.

Emirates Team New Zealand is winding up it’s summer testing programme on the Hauraki Gulf

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