AMERICA’S CUP: Emirates Team New Zealand Unveils Latest Secret

Welcome to the new era of the America’s Cup. For an event once covered in skirts and cloaked with super spies, the advent of online media has motivated teams to promote their design developments rather than disguise them. And nobody is doing it better than the Kiwis.

America’s Cup Challenger Emirates Team New Zealand have been training throughout the Southern Hemisphere summer in home waters, and now as they prepare to move to San Francisco for the 34th America’s Cup, the team has revealed its latest performance enhancing innovation on board the 72-foot multihull.

Whilst this particular innovation was not in their plans at the initial design stage, the addition is one of a continuing performance enhancing evolutions and Emirates Team New Zealand CEO, Grant Dalton, expects this one to attract a lot of attention: “I am expecting a lot of noise about it, especially from the sailors in other teams who I am sure will feel that they are missing out.”

In a first for the team they have shared their latest innovation with the world: “Everything you do is not only about designing the fastest boat,” said skipper Dean Barker. “But finding ways to improve that boat, you’re always looking for new features and new ideas on how to make the boat go faster and we’re very excited about this new development.”

Find out more via this exclusive video launch that demonstrates the innovation in action on the waters of the Hauraki Gulf…