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The pace is quickening in the world of the America’s Cup.
At the Emirates Team New Zealand Auckland base, preparations have started to modify the AC45 for foiling. Work on the conversion will start next month.
The two seasons of America’s Cup World Series regattas will be raced in foiling AC45s, starting in June next year.
At the weekend, the America’s Cup Event Authority announced that the first two venues had been selected for America’s Cup World Series events. They will be announced over the next few days. Six events are planned for 2015 and six for 2016.
Another provision of the protocol for the 35th America’s Cup kicks in this week. The Emirates Team New Zealand blog will close and the team’s internet presence will be incorporated in the America’s Cup web site.
The team’s site will be developed progressively over the next few months. You will find it at Http://emirates-team-new-zealand.americascup.com from Friday November 7.
We are expanding our presence on social media – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. Combined with the reach of our sponsors’ social media sites and mainstream media the team will never be far from the public eye.
We also intend to produce more of the popular short video insights into the team’s personalities and operations.
While the team’s focus is firmly on the next three years, we start this week with Grant Dalton and Kevin Shoebridge looking back on some of the issues from 2013.
