Alinghi boats SUI64 and SUI75 emerged from the base in Valencia today for the first day of two boat training, sporting a new look.

Skipper and tactician Brad Butterworth comments: “It’s good to get back on the water and training and although some of the guys have been out racing on other circuits over the winter, it will be great to get the team back together again. 2006 will be an important year for us with the launch of our new boat in May and the upcoming Acts. Right now the conditions are ideal to carry on with our testing and training program.”

With the new season comes a new look, the re-design project has been led by Syndicate head Ernesto Bertarelli and is a variation on the old one. Switzerland-based graphic designer Oscar Ribes has worked with him to put the concept to paper: “Ernesto wanted the new design to move forward and that is quite literally what it does. The Alinghi logo represents two boats circling in the pre-start and that won’t change, what does change is the spinning effect of the logo that whirls out from it now, with the new graphic, in a forward clawing motion that gives the impression of surfing or flying through the water.”

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