America's Cup: Different players - but the arguments remain the same

8:47 AM Mon 30 May 2011 GMT

'Two of the first backers of the new Team New Zealand, New Zealand Minister of Sport and the America's Cup, Trevor Mallard, (left) holds the Louis Vuitton Cup with Bob Field Chairman of Toyota NZ' Emirates Team New Zealand / Photo Chris Cameron ETNZ &copy Click Here to view large photo

Like many of the sailing media, Sail-World has a number of Google Alerts set up to advise of news on topics of interest. One of these is obviously the America's Cup, and into our email the other day popped this relic from 2003. Readers will recall at the time of the recent Emirates Team NZ funding announcement that CEO, Grant Dalton advised, in little more than a quick sentence in a 40 minute presentation that one of the tentacles of the NZ Government, NZ Trade and Enterprise would again be one of the principal investors in the 2011-13 America's Cup ...

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by Richard Gladwell