FRA-60 ex BLACK MAGIC (II) NZL-60 yacht

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FRA-60 ex BLACK MAGIC (II) NZL-60 yacht

Post by aukepalmhof » Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:48 pm

The yacht depict on this 80g stamp of Micronesia with sail number FRA-60 is the yacht used by the French syndicate K-Challenge Areva Challenge in the Louis Vuitton Cup race in Valencia in 2007.
Built for Team New Zealand for the 2000 America Cup races in Auckland, built by Cookson Boatyard in Auckland.
Designed by Laurie Davidson & Clay Oliver.
October 1999 completed as BLACK MAGIC (II) NZL-60.
Under skipper Russell Coutts she was defender in Auckland against the challenger the Italian yacht LUNA ROSA ITA-45.
The BLACK MAGIG (II) winning five races to nil and the America Cup stayed in New Zealand.

For the Louis Vuitton Cup races in 2007 was she leased by K-Challenge Areva Challenge as a training boat, renamed in FRA-60.
I am not sure when she came back to New Zealand but she is now (2014) in the Viaduct Harbour, Auckland and owned by SailNZ waiting for restoration.

Micronesia 2007 80c sg?, scott?
Maldives 2008 rf10 sg?, scott?, (AREVA the hull colour is black most probably the FRA-60 is depict??)
Source: Internet various sites.
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