Bought by ACM to be used as a display boat, GBR 44 left the compound in Cowes last week en route to her new temporary home of Marseille before to be exhibited ashore in Valencia.

GBR 44 started life as Nippon 44 and was one of a pair of training boats purchased in 2001, providing GBR Challenge with a training platform in preparation for last Louis Vuitton Cup.