Northlanders who missed out on a chance to welcome Team New Zealand home will be able to see yachting's top trophy when it tours the region's sailing clubs in October.
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron is taking the America's Cup trophy, along with some of the crew, on a two-week, 23-town tour of the country starting in Taipa and ending in Invercargill.
After a stop at Taipa Sailing Club in Doubtless Bay on October 6 the silverware will be on display at Kerikeri Domain on October 7, hosted by Kerikeri Cruising Club - home of Cup winners Blair Tuke and Andy Maloney - before it heads to Whangarei Cruising Club for the evening.
Kerikeri businessman Dave Keen, who is helping to organise the trophy's Bay of Islands stopover, said the sailors accompanying the cup had yet to be confirmed but he hoped Andy Maloney would be included. Maloney got his start in sailing at Kerikeri Cruising Club and the high school sailing programme before moving to Auckland.
Also expected to take part were Chris Hornell of Opua, the head of on-water operations while the team was in Bermuda, and hydraulics engineer Carsten Mueller of Waipapa.