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Alinghi




Alinghi also had a test yacht from the 2000 America's cup, SUI-59 (formerly called Fast 2000) as well as another racing yacht which was never used in the 2003 America's Cup or Louis Vuitton Cup , SUI-75.

''Alinghi'' is a coined name, created by the syndicate's founder . Coutts had already won the America's Cup for New Zealand in 1995 and he successfully defended for New Zealand in 2000 . Along with Coutts came several other important Kiwi sailors, not the least of which was Brad Butterworth . Bertarelli himself served as Navigator during the racing.

Apart from New Zealand, the ''Alinghi'' consists of members hailing from Israel , the United States , Canada , The Netherlands , France , Italy , Spain , the U.S. Virgin Islands , Iraq , and Switzerland .


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