After 16 months in the making, the much-anticipated christening of the second ABN AMRO boat will be held tomorrow in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

This boat is the very latest in sailing technology, and incorporates feedback generated by the seasoned professionals of crew ONE (http://team.abnamro.com/web/show/id=43669). The first ABN AMRO boat (http://team.abnamro.com/web/show/id=46600) was christened in February in Portugal, and represented the first Volvo Ocean Race Volvo 70 boat in the water.

Skipper Mike Sanderson (http://team.abnamro.com/web/show/id=43574) said: “The new boat is very much crew ONE’s baby. We were involved in the decision-making all the way through. We really made sure we used the advantage to be able to build a second boat.”

This second boat is an historic first, and represents the only second-generation Volvo 70 boat to participate in the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-2006.

Please stay tuned to www.abnamro.com/team this weekend for updates, pictures and videos on the event.

ABN AMRO is one of the 20 largest banks in the world, with home markets in Brazil, the US and the Netherlands and origins dating back to 1824. The bank is proud to enter two boats in the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-2006. For TEAM ABN AMRO, we are: ‘Making more possible’.

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