America's Cup: Two Asian teams checking out possible entry



6:27 PM Thu 10 Feb 2011 GMT
'General Manager Thierry Barot (right) and designer Yann Dabbadie.' Gilles Martin-Raget/www.americascup.com
Two prospective teams from Asia were in Auckland for the launch of the AC45 on Tuesday. By way of contrast to the secrecy that has surrounded the teams pre-entry, to date, one group representing Chinese interests were happy to be photographed and sailed on the AC45 on Thursday. Representatives from a prospective Challenger from China had a short test sail on board the AC 45. The other group represented, we believe, Korean interests. Both were at a dinner hosted by Louis Vuitton on Tuesday night. America's Cup Media reports: While the time on board was brief, it was long enough ...


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