A Short History
In 2004, Emirates Team New Zealand head Grant Dalton revamped the Team New Zealand program. Following the unfortunate defeat of a design-led campaign in 2003 which was mainly due to deficiences in the boat, Dalton saw the need for a combination of a sailor-led campaign with a 'good all round boat' as seen in the 2003 America's Cup winner Alinghi's SUI-64. Two new yachts were designed and built relatively quickly and were assigned the sail numbers NZL-84 and NZL-92 respectively. The two new TNZ yachts were among the first of their generation to be built. NZL-84 debuted in Louis Vuitton Act 10, and beat Alinghi in Act 12.
With its "full" bow similar to NZL-84, NZL-92 quickly mirrored the race-winning results that NZL-84 had established in the Louis Vuitton Cup Acts leading up to the Louis Vuitton Cup 2007.
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