Team Caribbean
Invited to Mini-America's Cup Regatta

The Mini-America's Cup Regatta to be held in Auckland in April, 1998, will feature six current challengers. Racing will take place in the two identical Team New Zealand yachts built for the 1992 America's Cup.  The two teams with the best scores following a double round robin will meet in the Challenger Final, with the winner advancing to the Mini-America's Cup against defender Team New Zealand.  Both the Challenger Final and the Mini-America's Cup will be a best of nine series.

"This is a great opportunity to expose our campaign and our racing skills to the world," explained Steve Morton, V.P. of Operations.  "We want to recruit the best sailors from throughout the Caribbean and have them prepare for the regatta by undergoing an intensive training program aboard our own IACC yacht, the former Stars & Stripes ‘92.  Just as we are in the America's Cup to win, our goal is to win this Mini-America's Cup."