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Opinion - With still nothing separating defender and challenger in this America s Cup, Team NZ are working 24 hours to make a breakthrough.
Team New Zealand helmsman Peter Burling.
Photo: PHOTOSPORT
Racing or no racing, the lights still burned through the night in Team New Zealand s shed.
Even though Te Rehutai, Team NZ s sleek foiling machine, didn t get out of the blocks on Sunday - the first day of this America s Cup regatta abandoned through a lack of wind - there was still work to do for the night shift.
While the Kiwi AC75 sat idle, surrounded by more than 1200 spectator craft on the calm waters in the Rangitoto Channel, it wasn t time lost. Team experts jumped from the chase boats to the race boat to study the clew of the mainsail and other critical components of the thoroughbred yacht.
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