Don’t miss this Saturday’s (29 December) BBC 1 Grandstand which features the opening of the GBR America’s Cup Challenge base in New Zealand.

APP Broadcast’s Andrew Preece spent four days with Peter Harrison’s GBR Challenge as they opened their America’s Cup base in Auckland and began two-boat sailing on the Hauraki Gulf in December. The programme, which starts at 1325, features interviews with GBR Chairman Peter Harrison, General Manager David Barnes, Sailing Manager Ian Walker and Design Coordinator Derek Clark – as well as Ben Ainslie who is sailing for the American OneWorld team.

Comentator Richard Simmonds takes a look at a Day in the Life of the GBR Challenge team including training at 0600 in a punishing regime devised by rowing medallist and grinder Greg Searle plus a look ahead to the Road to America’s Cup regattas in February and March, the launch of the new boat April in Cowes and progress towards the first Louis Vuitton Cup race next October.