Emirates Team New Zealand race in NZL-81 in Louis Vuitton Acts 2 and 3 in Valencia for the 2007 32nd Americas Cup
note from AC website ,Emirates Team New Zealand to race in the Valencia Louis Vuitton Acts 2 and 3 Emirates Team New Zealand will race in the Valencia Louis Vuitton Acts 2 and 3 of the 32nd America's Cup. Flying their spare boat up from New Zealand and working ludicrously long hours at both ends of the trip to make sure they could compete has paid off and seen the Kiwis win their first major America's Cup event since 2000 when they successfully defended the Cup. Their first major win in four years, what more reason for celebration could you ask for? Yet shortly after stepping ashore following the final day of racing Tuesday, two of the key figures aboard Emirates Team New Zealand were treating their victory in a modest fashion. "Absolutely delighted is probably an exaggeration, I'm pleased," said Grant Dalton. "Success in this event is a building block for us. It says we've got a good team and good ingredients, now we've got to bake a good cake. "You can't read too much into it, the roles could be completely reversed when it comes to the fleet racing in a couple of days time.” But even though the boss was being modest, the crew had other ideas and moments later Dalton had been thrown into the water in front of thousands of spectators at the official prize giving ceremony. Helmsman Dean Barker expressed a little more satisfaction, but was equally modest. "We couldn't hope for any better than we've had here. We've had a lot of races that have gone our way and I'm thrilled with the way the guys have sailed,
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Location: 32nd Americas Cup, valencia, Spain
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