Emirates Team New Zealand is well into packing up the base, boats and gear for the voyage to San Francisco and the long-anticipated Louis Vuitton Challenger series.
Credit : Ch.Cameron
The team’s second AC72 sailed in Auckland for the last time yesterday. Today shore and sailing crews swarmed over it readying the yacht for transport.
In the wing tent, works started on dismantling the wings. They will be broken down into six sections, shrink-wrapped and will travel on extended flatracks and open-top containers.
The team will be start the move on April 11 and it will gather pace day-by-day.
Workshops and office equipment, computers, desks and chairs will all make the move. In less than three weeks most of it will be on they way.
From : ETNZ
