Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC75 Taihoro has safely arrived at the team base in Barcelona after a 28-day journey travelling over 13,000 miles between the Port of Tauranga and the base in the Port of Barcelona.
Taihoro, its mast, chase boat and other important consignment was unloaded from the kiwifruit reefer Baltic Spring at the Port of Taragona and was trucked the 100km to Barcelona in the early hours on Friday morning. Already the team are into their work preparing Taihoro for its maiden sail in Barcelona where they will join the 5 other AC75’s already familiarising themselves with the America’s Cup racetrack just off the Barcelona beachfront.
The arrival in Barcelona of Taihoro marks the start of a very intense 4 months for the team who are now all on their way to Barcelona also to join the advance party that have been working hard to prepare the base and its efficient operations over the past few weeks. “We are ready and looking forward to the teams arrival,” said Andy Nottage. “It actually has been a very efficient move north while minimising the time off the water for our sailing team who only finished up their intense two boat racing development block in Auckland last week. But now we are here, the team are eager to join the other AC75’s out on the water here in Barcelona.”
With 60 days to go until the first race of the Preliminary Regatta on August 22nd the clock is well and truly ticking.
