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'They certainly have very good sailors – winning so many Olympic medals in Sydney,' says Bruno Troublé of Louis Vuitton. 'It is a matter of pride for them coming back after so long.'

GBR CHALLENGE
Country: Britain
Yacht Club: Royal Ocean Racing Club
Syndicate Head: Peter Harrison
Skipper: Ian Walker
Design: Derek Clark
History: First British challenge since 1987

INTERVIEW: SIMON FRY

Simon Fry is a trimmer and sail loft co-ordinator for the GBR Challenge. When he can, he likes to go cycling with his family along the Auckland waterfront.

SEND A GBR CHALLENGE POSTCARD

Want to support your favourite team? Create your own GBR Challenge e-postcard and send it to your friends! Or how about some GBR Challenge wallpaper on your desktop?

SEE WHERE GBR CHALLENGE ARE BASED

Having all the Challengers housed together on syndicate row is a world first. Visit the American Express Viaduct Harbour and check out where GBR Challenge fit into the picture!

THE COMPETITION

The America's Cup regatta. What? Where? When?

THE CHALLENGERS

With the Louis Vuitton Cup predicted to be the best ever in its 149 year history. Who are the nine challengers?

THE DEFENDER

Team New Zealand, defender of the 2003 America's Cup. The Facts and Figures.

It has been 14 long years since a syndicate from Great Britain, the original owners of the Auld Mug, challenged for the America's Cup silverware. This years Louis Vuitton Cup sees the return of the British to America's Cup yachting.

The GBR Challenge syndicate is backed by well-known British billionaire Peter Harrison, a rugby and sailing enthusiast, who sold his computer company and invested around NZ$30 million in living out his America's Cup yachting dream.

Britain's GBR Challenge racing on the Hauraki Gulf off Auckland. - click for more.

GBR Challenge, racing off Auckland's Hauraki Gulf.

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Double Olympic medallist Ian Walker is skipper of the campaign, which boasts a handful of Olympic champions - and one of them isn't even a sailor.

The Brits have taken on Greg Searle, an Olympic rower with gold and bronze medals to his name, as a grinder.

GBR spent its first training session in New Zealand last summer, sailing the two Japanese yachts they purchased from the now-defunct Nippon challenge.


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