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'Coutts and Butterworth are not your average skipper-tactician couple,' says Bruno Troublé of Louis Vuitton. The Swiss challenge has done nothing by halves in the build up to the Louis Vuitton Cup.

TEAM ALINGHI
Country: Switzerland
Yacht Club: Societe Nautique de Geneve
Syndicate Head: Ernesto Bertarelli
Skipper: Russell Coutts
Design: Vrolijk/Simmer
History: New challenge

INTERVIEW: NILS FREI

Nils Frei, a trimmer for the Alinghi Swiss Challenge, enjoys sand sailing on New Zealand’s West Coast beaches.

SEE WHERE TEAM ALINGHI 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 Team Alinghi 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.

Team Alinghi train in the Hauraki Gulf, 13 February 2002 - click for more.

Team Alinghi train in the Hauraki Gulf, Auckland.

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The Alinghi headquarters stretch across two bases on Auckland's Syndicate Row, the home of the cup teams. The huge silver shed known as 'The Dream Box' is open to the public and people can wander around the base for free, watching SUI-64 go on and off the dock.

Some of the best brains in America's Cup history belong to this syndicate - many of them controversially jumping ship from Team New Zealand. Skipper Russell Coutts and tactician Brad Butterworth have joined forces with billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli to launch a serious $US55 million challenge.


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Alinghi spent a lot of time training, and racing the other challengers, on Auckland's Hauraki Gulf during the 2001- 2002 summer, in the build up to the Louis Vuitton Challengers Series. This training obviously paid off, as they then went on to win the Louis Vuitton Cup and qualify for the America's Cup, defeating Oracle BMW Racing in the final series. Alinghi won the final series with an overall score of 5-1.

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