GER-89 is back on the water in Valencia

Good news for Team Germany: The German America's Cup yacht Germany I is ready for action. So the team can already sail its new yacht before the Christmas break, what was planned for the beginning of the new year up to now. "It feels good to sail again the first America's Cup yacht ever built in Germany", Skipper Jesper Bank describes his impressions after training on Monday.

"Now we can make the most of the last days before Christmas and then continue with the preparations for the America's Cup season in the new year", Bank says about the plans of his team. To gain further time for training, the team has shortenend its Christmas holiday and restarts on January 8. Team Germany prepares itself for the crucial races of the 32nd America's Cup in Valencia, which start on April 3 in 2007 with the Louis Vuitton Act 13.