Team NZ expects Alinghi to enter ocean race
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April 14, 2010, Wednesday
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TEAM New Zealand will compete in sailing's 2011 Volvo Ocean Race and expects former America's Cup-holders Alinghi to also take part.
Team New Zealand, which held the America's Cup from 1995 until it was won by Switzerland's Alinghi in 2003, will contest the 2011-2012 round the world race under Spanish sponsorship, team boss Grant Dalton said yesterday.
The Team New Zealand entry will be sponsored by the Spanish footwear company Camper and its race yacht would be called Camper.
The 2011 Volvo Ocean Race starts from the Spanish port of Alicante in October 2011 and finishes at Galway, Ireland, in June 2012 with stopovers in South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, China, New Zealand, Brazil, the United States, Portugal and France.
Team New Zealand brings to five the number of confirmed entries for the Volvo race, along with Puma Ocean Racing of the United States, France's Groupama, Italy's Italia 70 and a team from Abu Dhabi. Up to 12 entries are expected.
Dalton has personally contested the Whitbread or Volvo round the world races six times and has twice been a member of winning crews.
"The (New Zealand) team has no shortage of experience with the Volvo ocean race and the Whitbread before it. It's no secret that I have never lost my enthusiasm for racing around the world," he said.
Dalton said he expected Alinghi, which lost the America's Cup to America's Oracle off Valencia in February, to also announce a Volvo entry. "I think very soon you will see Alinghi announce their involvement," he said. "It's a perfect one for them really to get their mojo and re-establish some credentials."
Team New Zealand, which held the America's Cup from 1995 until it was won by Switzerland's Alinghi in 2003, will contest the 2011-2012 round the world race under Spanish sponsorship, team boss Grant Dalton said yesterday.
The Team New Zealand entry will be sponsored by the Spanish footwear company Camper and its race yacht would be called Camper.
The 2011 Volvo Ocean Race starts from the Spanish port of Alicante in October 2011 and finishes at Galway, Ireland, in June 2012 with stopovers in South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, China, New Zealand, Brazil, the United States, Portugal and France.
Team New Zealand brings to five the number of confirmed entries for the Volvo race, along with Puma Ocean Racing of the United States, France's Groupama, Italy's Italia 70 and a team from Abu Dhabi. Up to 12 entries are expected.
Dalton has personally contested the Whitbread or Volvo round the world races six times and has twice been a member of winning crews.
"The (New Zealand) team has no shortage of experience with the Volvo ocean race and the Whitbread before it. It's no secret that I have never lost my enthusiasm for racing around the world," he said.
Dalton said he expected Alinghi, which lost the America's Cup to America's Oracle off Valencia in February, to also announce a Volvo entry. "I think very soon you will see Alinghi announce their involvement," he said. "It's a perfect one for them really to get their mojo and re-establish some credentials."
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