The Emirates Team New Zealand have now officially finished their training and are packing to come to Valencia as early as next week.

The NZL 82 will be shipped to Valencia next week, whilst most of the crew will compete in other regattas until they are needed in Spain.

Grant Dalton, the Team's Managing Director stated that he believed that it was in the Team's best interests to conduct training programmes in Auckland during the European winter.

He added that the craft and the boats were both going well, but just how well will be decided when it is lined up with the opposition syndicates next June.