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Valencia Sailing gives an
update on the status of the twelve America's
Cup teams in in Port America's Cup.
Construction of the majority of the bases
is now over, but still one can learn a thing
or two. :
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Victory Challenge : The Swedish
team's two-boat training is at full swing.
After heavilly modifying its two boats and
hiring a number of new sailors, Victory Challenge
is training off Valencia's coast since last
Monday, the first time with two boats after
almost four years ;
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Luna Rossa : After an absence
of a few weeks, the Italian challenger made
its reappearance on Monday with the start
of its training with ITA 74 and ITA 86 (according
to the team, both of these boats underwent
considerable modifications, mainly in the
bow) ;
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Areva Challenge : The French
challenger is still on summer break but, according
the team's schedule, training with FRA 60
will resume next Thursday, September 21 (the
new boat under construction in France, FRA
93, is scheduled to arrive here in Valencia
sometime in November) ;
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Desafío Español : The Spanish
team keeps training on a daily basis with
two boat (ESP 88 and ESP 65) and the training
will continue till next April with just a
couple of one-week breaks in between (the
team's boat under construction a few kilometers
from the base is scheduled to be launched
early February) ;
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Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia
Team : The Italian team keeps training on
a daily basis with ITA 77, their old racing
yacht. (ITA 90, the team's new boat, is still
inside the shed, undergoing repairs of the
damages it suffered since its launch) ;
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+39 Challenge : The Italian
team hasn't trained since the last Louis Vuitton
Act two months ago (the team's new yacht,
ITA 85, is still inside the shed being fitted
out and its launch is imminent) ;
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Team Germany : The German
challenger's new GER 89 has been sailing since
August 15 and since early September it was
joined by GER 72, the older boat. Since then,
the German team has been carrying out two-boat
training sessions on a daily basis (construction
of the base is going ahead at full speed and
crews are working round the clock in order
to have it ready by the end of the month)
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Alinghi : The Defender is
busy training with SUI 91 and SUI 64 on a
daily basis since the middle of August (the
only novelty concerning the team is its reported
departure to Dubai in the middle of November)
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BMW Oracle : The Challenger
of record is busy training too with USA 87
and USA 76 ) ;
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Team New Zealand : The New
Zealand challenger has moved most of the team
back to Auckland for summer training, first
with NZL 84 and then with NZL 92, their second
new boat (according to the team, NZL 92 should
be shipped to Valencia around Christmas).
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