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  •   Home > News > Sports > Sailing

    The New Zealand SailGP team are embracing home advantage ahead of the second edition of the Lyttelton regatta starting tomorrow

    The New Zealand SailGP team are embracing home advantage ahead of the second edition of the Lyttelton regatta starting tomorrow


    They finished second last year behind Canada.

    22 thousand tickets have been snapped up across the weekend, understood to be a new benchmark for sailing worldwide.

    Team strategist Liv Mackay says they'll feed off local support.



    Peter Burling returns as helmsman, having missed the last regatta in Sydney on parental leave.

    © 2024 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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     25 Mar: New Zealand have cashed in on Australia's misfortune at their home SailGP event in Lyttelton
     23 Mar: New Zealand SailGP driver Peter Burling has challenged his fellow competitors to introduce fan-friendly team identities
     23 Mar: The table-topping Australian SailGP team is hopeful the strong winds forecast for this weekend's regatta in Lyttelton will materialise
     07 Mar: Organisers of Lyttelton's Sail GP regatta are expecting record breaking crowds
     25 Feb: New Zealand's Sail GP team are about to embark on day two of the latest event in Sydney
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