NZL-82 shifted to Cup base

Team New Zealand's second America's Cup yacht for the 2003 defence rolled out of the boatyard last night.

NZL-82 was taken by truck from Cookson's boatyard in Glenfield to the Team New Zealand base at the Viaduct Basin.

Team New Zealand has been training with its first new boat, NZL-81, as well as its two boats from the 2000 defence, NZL-57 and NZL-60.

Cookson's is now working on modifications to Prada Challenge's ITA-80.

The Italian syndicate yesterday announced that the newer of their two boats, which has yet to be used during the Louis Vuitton Cup regatta, would undergo modifications to its hull.