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Country: Sweden Backer: Jan Stenbeck Skipper: Matts Johansson Helmsmen: Jesper Bank, Magnus Holmberg Budget: US$35m Team size: 120 Sail no: SWE 63, SWE 73 Club: Gamla Stans Yacht Sallskap, Sweden Boat hull: Black Spinnaker: White

This team has sailors from Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. They were very upset in the early days when their main backer suddenly died of a heart attack. It is the first time they have challenged since 1992, although they had plenty of challenges before this. The sailors in this team are mostly young, with few experienced members. The club they belong to races from April to November in Sweden, when it has to stop because the sea ices over. This team did not make it through to the final stages of the Louis Vuitton.