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If you are still considering how you can best make a contribution to the NZL Sailing Team with Emirates Team New Zealand... good news! We’ve extended the pledge deadline until 16 July.
NEW PERK: Everybody that pledges $150+ goes in the draw to win one of two NZL Sailing SLAM Jackets.
Pledge to this project and help this talented group of youngsters carve a new pathway to sailing at the Americas cup. Every dollar raised will go toward upcoming expenses for the team, including their flights to San Francisco, ground transportation, accommodation, insurance, uniform etc.
Peter Burling and his London 2012 Olympic silver medallist teammate Blair Tuke will lead the team of under 25’s including: Andy Maloney, Jono Spurdle, Guy Endean, Sam Meech and Jason Saunders. Together they will race under the burgee of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, a club with an enormous reputation on the international yachting scene.
The regatta itself will take place from 1-4 September 2013 in San Francisco during the break between the end of the Louis Vuitton cup, and start of the 2013 America’s Cup Finals. The young crews will race on the scaled down version of the America’s Cup Boats: the AC 45 catamaran.
The support of Emirates Team New Zealand has provided this group of young men with an automatic entry to the 2013 Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, submitted by Yachting New Zealand, hence the team is known as the NZL Sailing Team with Emirates Team New Zealand.
“We’re tremendously appreciative for the help that ETNZ has provided our young team to date, including time on their AC45, coaching support and training advice” says YNZ’s Chief Executive David Abercrombie. “There’s a degree of public misconception about funding and the reality is that these young sailors cover their own costs for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup. Any support the public can contribute will make a huge difference to these young men.’
Contact Us if you are interested in greater sponsorship with branding on the boat or clothing and VIP opportunities in San Francisco. $1000 will get your company logo positioned on a cross beam and exclusive memorabilia for your offices. $5000 will see your business with a large and prominently positioned logo on both cross beams and a set of team kit. +64 9 361 1471
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