AMERICA’S CUP HISTORY 1983 - 2013

Challenger of the 34th America's Cup Country /New Zealand Yacht: Boat#2 /NZL5 “AOTEAROA” Launched: February 2013 Syndicate /Team: Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) Mkanaging Director: Grant Dalton Yacht Club:New Zealand Yachting Squadron Skipper Dean Barker

The AOTEAROA = New Zealand in the Maori language (country of the white cloud)

Looking back the LVC was more of a show as the stage for  exciting match races. You can explain this from the number of only 3 challengers and other problems: Artemis had no catamaran during the Round Robins and too little time to optimize boat and crew for  the semifinals. In the final, "Aotearoa" by ETNZ,  was superior in speed being able to control Luna Rossa at any time. The fascinating winner was the LiveLine transmission technology on Youtube and TV. Unknown until now were the lifestreams with information on wind, current, course trackings. speed and distance of the challengers. To that the audio and video streams with close-ups of the hard working  crew were made in top quality. ETNZ beat Luna Rossa 7: 1 In the 1st racing Luna Rossa's  daggerboard in the starboard hull could not be lowered by hydraulic fracture. They not not finish the race. The New Zealanders were shortly afterwards hit at a turning point by a gust which banged the bow in a "nosedive” deeply into the water. 2 crew members fell over board and had been saved by the chase boat. According to a new rule,  the team was  allowed to finish the race with a reduced crew.  In 2 nd  race  ETNZ had problems with the hydraulics for the wing and left the course. Luna Rossa won this point. In the 7th race ETNZ  sailed with 47.18 knots (87.38 km / h) and set a new record with a calm sea and a favorable Tide currents. At these "nosedive" the skipper Dean Barker will remember for a long

The "nosedive" of "Aotearoa" that jettisoned 2 crew members overboard