Press release:

First yacht built to the latest America's Cup 2007 rules makes its
world debut



Cape Town/Frankfurt am Main, April 25, 2005. - Team Shosholoza today
unveiled the hull of its new America's Cup Class yacht for its world
premiere at the Royal Cape Yacht Club in Cape Town. It is the first
boat built to meet the new Version 5.0 standards of the America's Cup.
The British boat designer Jason Ker developed the high-tech
construction.



The team of engineers, experts in aerodynamics and composite materials
and software specialists worked for a total of six months on the new
yacht. The hull is the result of 15,000 hours of research and design
work. Building time took a total of 25,000 hours. "Thanks to the IT
support provided by Official Chief Sponsor T-Systems we will be able to
take our research program to a new level," said Jason Ker. "The
Shosholoza is thus ideally equipped with an optimized hull form
perfectly suited to meet the race conditions in Valencia in 2007."



Instead of the previous 25 tons, the new V 5.0 yachts weigh one ton
less. In addition they have a deeper keel and more sail area than the
2003 America's Cup boats. The number of crew members has also changed:
in 2007 a total of 17 sailors and one spectator will be on board. At
the last Cup the crew numbered just 16 sailors.

The hull of the Shosholoza will leave Cape Town tonight straight after
the presentation and steer a course for Valencia. There the yacht will
be officially launched on May 19th.



A picture of the new hull can be downloaded from T-Systems' website at:

http://www.t-systems.com/coremedia/g.../id=99830.html