Oracle Team USA is moving towards re-starting its testing program this week with boat one scheduled to be re-launched mid-week.
That will be followed by boat two - a new AC45S - later this month.
Once both boats are commissioned, trialed and up to speed, the team will move into two-boat testing mode, a mainstay of America’s Cup programs since the 1980s.
“We see the two boat program as a big competitive advantage for us in our development,” said skipper Jimmy Spithill, who is relishing the thought of getting back on Bermuda's Great Sound race course area.
“There’s been a couple of big milestones that we’ve targeted this year. For me the most important was being the first team to set up here in Bermuda and getting a summer under our belt,” he said. “We’ve achieved that and nobody else can make that up now.
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