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    The New Zealand SailGP team are embracing home advantage ahead of the second edition of the Lyttelton regatta starting tomorrow

    The New Zealand SailGP team are embracing home advantage ahead of the second edition of the Lyttelton regatta starting tomorrow


    They finished second last year behind Canada.

    22 thousand tickets have been snapped up across the weekend, understood to be a new benchmark for sailing worldwide.

    Team strategist Liv Mackay says they'll feed off local support.



    Peter Burling returns as helmsman, having missed the last regatta in Sydney on parental leave.

    © 2024 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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