Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC75 ‘Taihoro’, Defending champions in the 37th Copa del América And he will compete in Barcelona, He arrived at the New Zealand team base in Barcelona just before midnight.
The transport ‘Taihoro’ arrived at the port of Tarragona in the early hours of last Thursday after being completed by the merchant ship ‘Baltic Spring’. 28 days and 11,400 nautical miles (21,125 km) voyage through the Panama CanalDeparted Tauranga Harbour, New Zealand, on 22 May.
From Tarragona the team was transported by road to the site at the Barcelona docks in Port Vell, and during the transport of their previous AC75, ‘Te Rehutai’, with which they won the last edition of the 2021 Cup. In early July 2023 in Barcelona, Aboard a monohull merchant ship, Kiwi (fruit) was shipped to Spain.
‘Baltic Spring’ is a 156 meter long, 23 meter beam, Bahamas-flagged air-conditioned cargo merchant vessel displacing 12,942 tonnes.
Considering the present complex situation in Indian Ocean and Suez Canal, The New Zealanders chose a different route through the Pacific Ocean, the Panama Canal, and on 7 June they crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Mediterranean via Gibraltar, arriving at Tarcona.
The Copa del America Cup is in the background for Barcelona
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Launched on April 18 in Auckland (New Zealand). Three weeks were spent training the New Zealand crew and working on more precise logistics, with ‘taihoro’ (Maori meaning “fast at sea and between sky and land”) being transported by road from the team. Base at Wynyard Point (Auckland) 210 kilometers south of Tauranga Harbour.
In addition to AC75 ‘Taihoro’ The merchant ship carried its mast, its trailing boat and other equipment.
Meanwhile, Air and sea shipments continue between the Auckland and Barcelona basesThe team’s two AC40s are now ready for deployment from Wynyard Point (Auckland).
Now, mechatronics, hydraulics, sailing, design and engineering teams are essential ‘Taihoro’ ready for its maiden voyage in BarcelonaBy the end of this month or early July.
At the end of last October, most of the New Zealand squad left the Barcelona base to train in New Zealand for the southern summer. On June 1, the southern winter began and the entire team, along with their families (about 300 people) now return to Barcelona until the end of October, when the tournament ends.
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