The Emirates Team New Zealand racing catamaran for the America's Cup is unloaded on arrival in Bermuda.

Team New Zealand grinder Sam Bell says they are eager to join official America's Cup practice racing now they have arrived in Bermuda.

Team New Zealand's new AC50 catamaran landed in the island nation on Tuesday and the process of unloading the Emirates 747 to the team base ran smoothly.

Now begins the quest to get the boat assembled and tested in time to join the other five syndicates as the buildup to official racing on May 27 intensifies.

REUTERS Team New Zealand skipper Glenn Ashby is happy to have his AC50 arrive safely at the team's Bermuda base.

Team New Zealand have missed the first three official practice racing windows as the rules changed on them while they were rounding off their training in Auckland. The next practice window is April 24-28 and that is on their radar.

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"I think we will definitely be pushing for that," Bell told the Royal Gazette as Team New Zealand's belated arrival drew strong local coverage in Bermuda.

"Hopefully we can get the boat together in time.

"It looks pretty similar, the conditions out there to what we have trained in in Auckland, so it shouldn't be too big an adjustment for us.

"It's really exciting and I can't wait to get out there on the water. It's been a few weeks here now watching the other teams race on the water and it's been hard to watch."

The opposition will be just as eager to see Team New Zealand on the water and get a feel for the radical pedal powered boat.

Kevin Shoebridge, Team New Zealand's chief operations officer, said they were racing the clock.

"Every day counts now. We need everything to go [according] to plan so that we are back testing and sailing on the Great Sound in Bermuda in as little time as possible," Shoebridge told the Royal Gazette.

There were some high-level dignitaries waiting to greet team New Zealand as the last components for their base arrived along with the boat in the packed cargo hull of the massive plane.

Premier Michael Dunkley and economic development minister Grant Gibbons were on hand.

"We are excited to have the New Zealand boat and the rest of the Team New Zealand here in Bermuda," Gibbons said. "We can't wait to see them out on the water."

Meanwhile, French syndicate Groupama Team France were latest to have some dramas in the current practice period when they lost a crew member overboard.

He went over the side fo the boat as they were doing a foiling tack, mistiming his bounce across the trampoline during the manoeuvre.

He was quickly picked up by the chase boat.