German AC team not to build second boat
by Marcus Schaps on 27 Jun 2006
GER 72 that United Internet Team Germany are using at Valencia United Internet Team Germany
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On the United Internet Team Germany media day in Valencia on Monday, head of syndicate Michael Scheeren announced to the press: 'We will not build another boat.'
He gave the reason: 'For us it is more important to put all our capacities in the improvement of Germany I.'
The new boat, which is currently in Kiel for further tests, will be brought to Valencia by the beginning of August.
There the hot training-phase will start when skipper Jesper Bank and his team start to optimize the cupper in order to sail the boat in time to the starting line of Louis Vuitton Act 13 in April 2007.
The United Internet Team Germany management enunciated a decision on which speculations had revolved before.
But the facts are clear: Another building would not be very promising in this early stage of the team. The main focus and the whole power has to be on Germany I only.
As soon as the team has sailed the new cupper in Valencia a couple of times, they will know which part of the yacht has to be optimized. But building another boat would be a show of strength which is hardly possible.
The first yacht of the United Internet Team Germany had been constructed in a record time of only nine months at the shipyard Knierim-Yachtbau in Kiel/Germany.
On the 24 of April 2006, Eva Luise Köhler christened the first German America´s Cup boat in the 155-year old history of this trophy with the name Germany I.
Team website: http://www.united-internet-team-germany.de
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