Losing vital time in their bid to prepare to defend the America's Cup next year due to lockdown, Emirates Team New Zealand have had to plan accordingly.
With the country set to drop from alert level 4 to level 3 on Tuesday, the current holders of the Auld Mug have worked out what they need to do to get back to work as soon as possible - and what it will take to do so.
After importing several chlorination-producing machines to help sanitise the team base and the North Shore building facility where the build of the team's second AC75 has been frozen for five week, the team has also taken steps to monitor social distancing between its members.
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Team New Zealand enlisted the help of Dunedin tech company Igtimi to develop a system that monitors social distancing electronically.