America's Cup Syndicates - Challenger and Defender

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America's Cup Syndicates

There are eleven challengers that have arrived in Auckland to compete in the Louis Vuitton Cup to gain the right to take on Team New Zealand in the America's Cup. Team New Zealand are the sole defenders syndicate as it was decided New Zealand was to small to support more than one viable and competitive syndicate.

The Defender
Syndicate Name	Country	Yacht Club	Team Head	Skipper	Designer(s)	Boat Colour	Budget ($NZ million)
Team New Zealand	New Zealand	Royal New Zealand yacht Squadron	Peter Blake	Russell Coutts	Laurie Davidson, Clay Oliver	Matt black	50+
The Challengers
Syndicate Name	Country	Yacht Club	Team Head	Skipper	Designer(s)	Boat Colour	Budget ($NZ million)
AmericaOne	USA	St Francis	Fritz Jewett	Paul Cayard	Bruce Nelson	Grey with graphics	70
Abracadabra 2000	USA	Waikiki	Dr Jim Andrews	John Kolius	Andy Dovell, Ian Burns	White with blue graphics	30-40
America True	USA	San Francisco	Dawn Riley	John Cutler	Phil Kaiki	Yellow with red and blue graphics	40
Desafio Espanol	Spain	Monte Real Club de Yates de Bayona	Pedro Campos	Luis Doreste	Rolf Vrolijk, Javier Panies, Manuel Ruiz	White	40
Syndicate Name	Country	Yacht Club	Team Head	Skipper	Designer(s)	Boat Colour	Budget ($NZ million)
Fast 2000	Switzerland	Club Nautique de Morges	Marc Pajot	Jochen Schumann	Philippe Briand, Peter van Ooddanen	Yellow	24
Le Defi	France	Union Nationale pour la Course au Large	Xavier Lesquen	Bertrand Pace	Led Defi Team	Orange and Blue	20
Nippon	Japan	Nippon	Tatsumitsu Yamasaki	Peter Gilmour	Hikeadi Miyata	White	50
Prada	Italy	Punta Ala	Patrizio Bertelli	Francesco de Angelis	Doug Paterson and German Frers	Grey with red graphics	100
Syndicate Name	Country	Yacht Club	Team Head	Skipper	Designer(s)	Boat Colour	Budget ($NZ million)
Stars and Stripes	USA	Cortez Racing (San Diego)	Dennis Conner	Ken Read	John Reichel and Jim Pugh	Blue	25
Young Australia	Australia	Crusing Yacht Club of Australia	Syd Fischer	James Spithill	Fluid Thinking	White	1
Young America	USA	New York Yacht Club	John Marshall	Ed Baird	Bruce Farr	Black with red graphics	80

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