A Rotorua man has made his mark on the America's Cup after being commissioned to airbrush artworks onto the side of team New Zealand's catamaran.
Warren Houston took 122 hours over 11 days to airbrush chrome-look lettering and graphics and the New Zealand flag on both hulls of the revolutionary catamaran.
"That's pretty fast to do such a big job," he said.
Team New Zealand took to the water off San Francisco for their first race of the Louis Vuitton Cup - the challengers series for the America's Cup to see who will take on the defending champions at the end of the regatta - yesterday.
It was a proud moment for Mr Houston, but it was not his first experience with Team New Zealand. In 2011 he was asked to airbrush one of the sails for a mini-version of the catamaran.