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 Wednesday, 25 September, 2002, 12:49 GMT 13:49 UK
America's Cup challengers
The boats Team NZ and GBR have to beat

Alinghi Swiss Challenge

Swiss bio-technology businessman Ernesto Bertarelli has set up the team many experts pick to win the America's Cup
Olympic gold medallist Jochen Schuemann joins Russell Coutts aboard the Alinghi Swiss Challenge


Prada Challenge

Prada led by Patrizio Bertelli will hope to go one better than 2000 where victory in the Louis Vuitton Cup was tempered by a mauling by New Zealand who won the America's Cup
Patrizio Bertelli will hope to repeat the success of 2000 when Prada won the Louis Vuitton Cup


Le Defi Areva

Match-racing champions Luc Pillot and Philippe Presti will share the skipper duties and will be aiming to steer their craft through the early rounds at least
Pierre Mas heads a French challenge better prepared than last time out


Team Dennis Conner

Dennis Conner won the cup in 1974, 1980, 1987 and 1988 and will be hoping to end his long barren spell on board Stars and Stripes in Auckland
Veteren Dennis Conner's team have been beset by problems not least the sinking of his number one boat


Oracle Racing

Larry Ellison bought the assets of AmericaOne and is sure to benefit from that team's hard-earned expertise during this campaign, having retained star sailors Paul Cayard and Chris Dickson
When Oracle chief Larry Ellison bought the AmericaOne team the experience of Paul Cayard came as well


Victory Challenge

Principal backer and inspiration Jan Stenbeck died of a heart attack in August and will be sorely missed by the accomplished crew he assembled from Scandinavia
Sweden's Victory Challenge takes to the water in tragic circumstances following the death of head Jan Steinbeck


OneWorld

Founder Craig McCaw spared no expense recruiting a multi-national team, but ran into financial strife before local businessman Paul Allen, of Microsoft, came to the rescue
OneWorld is the first America's Cup syndicate to hail from Seattle and it has not had the smoothest of starts


Mascalzone Latino

Shipping magnate Vincenzo Onorato is officially the syndicate skipper as well as its boss, but he is likely to hand the steering duties over to talented young sailor Paolo Ciann.
The "Latin Rascal" team will be 100% Italian, allowing in no foreigners

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