America's Cup 34: Marcelino Botin talks to ValenciaSailing.com



11:00 PM Sat 5 Jun 2010 GMT
'Emirates Team New Zealand CEO Grant Dalton and designer Marcelino Botin (right) check the finish on the new TP52 delivered to the teams base in February 2009' Chris Cameron/ETNZ
Marcelino Bot?n, the Spanish head designer of Emirates Team New Zealand, talked to Valencia Sailing about his ideas on the future America's Cup yacht but also the TP52's and, of course, the brand new Volvo Ocean Race campaign the kiwis will run for the Spanish footwear group Camper. Bot?n and Emirates Team NZ are strong advocates of the monohull option for the 34th America's Cup. Now that I have interviewed three of the 19 designers present in the meeting in Valencia two weeks ago, I'm convinced that, at least, the conception of the new yacht rule is indeed an open, ...


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