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Am Cup - A look back at 2017 - Emirates Team NZ + Video

by Emirates Team NZ and Sail-World.com/nz 21 Dec 2017 16:38 NZDT 21 December 2017


2017 has been a monumental year for everyone at Emirates Team New Zealand - finally managing to win back the America's Cup for New Zealand.

Here's a video looking back at Emirates Team NZ's year and a campaign.

"It began with belief, and ended with redemption. "

Emirates Team New Zealand and Oracle Team USA - 35th America's Cup Match - Race 3 Start - Bermuda June 18, 2017 - photo © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
Emirates Team New Zealand and Oracle Team USA - 35th America's Cup Match - Race 3 Start - Bermuda June 18, 2017 - photo © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz

Emirates Team New Zealand and Artemis Racing at the end of Leg 4, Race 4 - Challenger Final, Day 2 - 35th America's Cup - Day 15 - Bermuda June 11, 2017 - photo © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
Emirates Team New Zealand and Artemis Racing at the end of Leg 4, Race 4 - Challenger Final, Day 2 - 35th America's Cup - Day 15 - Bermuda June 11, 2017 - photo © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz

Glenn Ashby, Skipper Emirates Team New Zealand - Challenger Final media conference - 35th America’s Cup, Bermuda, June 12, 2017 - photo © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
Glenn Ashby, Skipper Emirates Team New Zealand - Challenger Final media conference - 35th America’s Cup, Bermuda, June 12, 2017 - photo © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
Emirates Team New Zealand and Land Rover BAR, Pre-start - Semi-Final, Day 10 - 35th America’s Cup - Bermuda June 5, 2017 - photo © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
Emirates Team New Zealand and Land Rover BAR, Pre-start - Semi-Final, Day 10 - 35th America’s Cup - Bermuda June 5, 2017 - photo © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
Emirates Team New Zealand's America's Cup class boat, boat 2, is delivered from Southern Spars to Emirates Team New Zealand's base - photo © Hamish Hooper/Emirates Team NZ http://www.etnzblog.com
Almost 12 months ago to the day Emirates Team New Zealand's America's Cup Class boat, Boat 2, is delivered from Southern Spars to Emirates Team New Zealand's base - photo © Hamish Hooper/Emirates Team NZ http://www.etnzblog.com
Grant Dalton Emirates Team New Zealand, Bermuda, June 26, 2017 - photo © Richard Gladwell
Grant Dalton Emirates Team New Zealand, Bermuda, June 26, 2017 - photo © Richard Gladwell

Nervous moments as Peter Burling gets involved in sorting out an issue between races on Day 2 of the Challenger Final when Artemis Racing and Emirates Team New Zealand were tied on 2-2. - photo © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
Nervous moments as Peter Burling gets involved in sorting out an issue between races on Day 2 of the Challenger Final when Artemis Racing and Emirates Team New Zealand were tied on 2-2. - photo © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
Emirates Team New Zealand - Race 6 - Bermuda June 11, 2017 - Start of Leg 2 sailing at approximately 35kts - photo © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
Emirates Team New Zealand - Race 6 - Bermuda June 11, 2017 - Start of Leg 2 sailing at approximately 35kts - photo © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz

Emirates Team New Zealand heads for the finish line - 35th America's Cup - Bermuda, June 2017 - photo © Richard Gladwell
Emirates Team New Zealand heads for the finish line - 35th America's Cup - Bermuda, June 2017 - photo © Richard Gladwell
Close up of Emirates Team New Zealand's
Close up of Emirates Team New Zealand's "gantry rudder" which effectively extended the length of their AC45S to give similar geometry to an AC50 and gave them six montghs more development time on a near full size AC50 - photo © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz

A general view of Queen Street during the Emirates Team New Zealand Americas Cup Welcome Home Parade on July 6, 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Simon Watts/Getty Images) - photo © Getty Images
A general view of Queen Street during the Emirates Team New Zealand Americas Cup Welcome Home Parade on July 6, 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Simon Watts/Getty Images) - photo © Getty Images
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - JULY 06: A general view of Queen Street during the Team New Zealand Americas Cup Welcome Home Parade on July 6, 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Simon Watts/Getty Images) - photo © Getty Images
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - JULY 06: A general view of Queen Street during the Team New Zealand Americas Cup Welcome Home Parade on July 6, 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Simon Watts/Getty Images) - photo © Getty Images
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - JULY 06: Members of Team Emirates, Peter Burling, Glenn Ashby, Grant Dalton, Kevin Shoebridge, Matteo de Nora and Stephen Tindall thank fans during the Team New Zealand Americas Cup Welcome Home Parade on July 6, 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images) - photo © Getty Images
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - JULY 06: Members of Team Emirates, Peter Burling, Glenn Ashby, Grant Dalton, Kevin Shoebridge, Matteo de Nora and Stephen Tindall thank fans during the Team New Zealand Americas Cup Welcome Home Parade on July 6, 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images) - photo © Getty Images
Peter Burling (L) and Grant Dalton (R) celebrate as Glenn Ashby holds the Americas Cup during the Emirates Team New Zealand Americas Cup Welcome Home Parade on July 6, 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Simon Watts/Getty Images) - photo © Getty Images
Peter Burling (L) and Grant Dalton (R) celebrate as Glenn Ashby holds the Americas Cup during the Emirates Team New Zealand Americas Cup Welcome Home Parade on July 6, 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Simon Watts/Getty Images) - photo © Getty Images

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