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America's Cup - Solent Showdown - Team NZ and Land Rover BAR

by Richard Gladwell/Sail-World.com on 30 Jun 2015
- Land Rover BAR vs Emirates Team NZ - head to head on the Solent Ben Ainslie Racing www.benainslieracing.com
Land Rover BAR (formerly Ben Ainslie Racing) have released images of the hook-up between the British America's Cup Challenger and Emirates Team NZ which occurred on the Solent off the Isle of Wight, on Monday.

Both teams are in the area training ahead of the America's Cup World Series which gets underway from Portsmouth on July 23. Emirates Team New Zealand are expected to be in England for a week. Ben Ainslie Racing opened their Portsmouth base

- Land Rover BAR vs Emirates Team NZ - head to head on the Solent © Ben Ainslie Racing www.benainslieracing.com
- Land Rover BAR vs Emirates Team NZ - head to head on the Solent © Ben Ainslie Racing www.benainslieracing.com


- Land Rover BAR vs Emirates Team NZ - head to head on the Solent © Ben Ainslie Racing www.benainslieracing.com
- Land Rover BAR vs Emirates Team NZ - head to head on the Solent © Ben Ainslie Racing www.benainslieracing.com


- Land Rover BAR vs Emirates Team NZ - head to head on the Solent © Ben Ainslie Racing www.benainslieracing.com
- Land Rover BAR vs Emirates Team NZ - head to head on the Solent © Ben Ainslie Racing www.benainslieracing.com


Giles Scott and Freddie Carr hiking hard - Land Rover BAR vs Emirates Team NZ - head to head on the Solent © Ben Ainslie Racing www.benainslieracing.com
Giles Scott and Freddie Carr hiking hard - Land Rover BAR vs Emirates Team NZ - head to head on the Solent © Ben Ainslie Racing www.benainslieracing.com





Some great heli footage of the team's first training day as Land Rover BAR after yesterday we we launched our partnership with Land Rover. Enjoy! #BringTheCupHome

Posted by Ben Ainslie Racing on Thursday, June 25, 2015


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