New Zealand’s America’s Cup “dolphin” travels the world without getting wet
The country’s first-generation yacht returns home from Italy, where the regatta whose title she was to defend was cancelled due to Covid-19
26 May 2020 - 20:00
Wellington — Team New Zealand’s first-generation yacht, which it hopes will help it successfully defend the America’s Cup in 2021, has returned home without leaving a shipping container after the Covid-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of regattas in Europe.
The America’s Cup defenders said the yacht “Te Aihe’”, the Maori word for “dolphin”, arrived back at their base in Auckland early on Tuesday after returning from Italy...
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