TEAMORIGIN are in the final throes of preparation for the Louis Vuitton Trophy Auckland Regatta. Training will take place over the weekend, followed by the initial round robins between Tuesday 9 March and Monday 15 March. Once the elimination rounds and semi’s are complete, the final will take place on Sunday 21 March.

TEAMORIGIN’s sailing team line-up for the event:
#1 Bow Matt Mitchell, NZL
#2 Mid Bow Matt Cornwell, GBR
#3 Mast Julien Cressant, FRA
#4 Pit Craig Satterthwaite, NZL
#5 Grind 1 Mark McTeague, AUS
#6 Grind 2 Pawel Bielecki , POL
#7 Mid Grind Chris Brittle, GBR
#8 Trim Up Mike Mottl, AUS
#9 Trim Down Andy Hemmings, GBR
#10 Main Chris Salthouse, NZL
#11 trav/strategist Santiago Lange, ARG
#12 Helm Ben Ainslie, GBR
#13 Tactiction Iain Percy, GBR
#14 Navigator Ian Moore, GBR
#15 Strategist Andrew Simpson, GBR
#16 Runner Mike Sanderson, NZL
#17 Runner/pit assist Anthony Nossiter, AUS
     
Spare/rotation
#18 Grinder David Carr, GBR
#19 Trimmer Christian Kamp, DEN

The eight teams lining up for the Louis Vuitton Trophy are:
Emirates Team New Zealand, NZL
All4One, FRA/GER
Mascalzone Latino, ITA
Azzurra, ITA
Synergy, RUS
Artemis, SWE
TEAMORIGIN, GBR
Aleph, FRA

Racing can be followed on www.teamorigin.com, and Sky Sports will show highlights.