This is the boat you need to beat if you want to win the America's Cup.
It's hard to over emphasise the importance of Emirates Team New Zealand's AC75. This is the one boat that is guaranteed to be at the America's Cup Match in October this year. This is the target for all five of the Challengers. And this is a boat that doesn't push at the extremes, at least not when it comes to her appearance on the outside.
Emirates Team New Zealand's decision to wheel their new AC75 out of the shed at their home base in Auckland caught even the locals off guard.
Following just days after Alinghi Red Bull Racing wheeled their new machine out into the open, the Kiwis went one better and went sailing shortly afterwards. They might have been second to open their doors but they were first on the water and while they might not say it publicly, it's highly likely that this meant a lot to a team that tries hard to think of themselves as Challengers.
Matt Sheahan takes a look at the Kiwi launch and considers how it might fit into the new fleet of AC75s.
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