USA 98, BMW ORACLE Racing’s second race yacht designed and built for the America’s Cup in 2007, arrived at the team’s temporary training base in Auckland Monday morning (NZT).
The high-tech 24-metre-long racing yacht departed from BMW ORACLE Racing’s custom building facility in Anacortes, WA, USA, before Christmas via truck and container ship for the trans-Pacific voyage to Tauranga, New Zealand. USA 98 completed the journey to Auckland by road in the pre-dawn hours today. The race yacht is now being prepared for sailing on the Hauraki Gulf.