Paula Lewin will today unveil the new-look team which she hopes will lead her to Olympic glory.

Lewin, the Island's Yngling skipper, is, along with fellow Islanders Peter Bromby and Brett Wright, taking part in the Rolex Miami Olympic Class Regatta in Florida.

The event gets underway today with Lewin, Star class sailor Bromby and Laser skipper Wright all in action.

For Lewin, the event will give her a chance to see just how much work she needs to put in ahead of the Athens Games, given that she has changed her crew almost at the 11th hour.

Out has gone long-time team-mate Carola Cooper and in her place, in possibly the worst-kept secret in Bermuda sport, has come Christine Patton with the two being joined by Lewin's sister Peta.

However, there is still a question mark over whether Patton is eligible to make the trip to Greece as she is Australian by birth.

As previously reported, a competitor "must be Bermudian in their own right to represent the Island in the Olympics, Pan-Am Games or CAC (Central American and Caribbean) Games".

As far as Patton is concerned it would come down to how long she has been married to her husband, Tim, who is president of Bermuda Sailing Association.

It is understood that once someone has been married to a Bermudian for ten years they then become eligible to take up the nationality. However, it is not a cut and dried decision.

The Royal Gazette understands that Lewin has yet to register her team with Bermuda Olympic Association and so that bridge still has to be crossed.

Vice-President of the BOA, Michael Cherry, said yesterday: "The deadline for final submissions has not yet been reached."

He said he could not comment further on Lewin's predicament and both the skipper and John Hoskins, president of the BOA, could not be reached.

Meanwhile, Bromby, the reigning champion in the Star class and another sailor bound for the Olympics, is looking forward to defending his title in the company of Martin Siese.

"We aim to do the best we can," said Bromby from Miami. "We are defending champions, so we would like to win and we are capable of it, but there's also 20 other people here capable of winning too."

As regattas go, Bromby said it was just another one along the road to the main event.

"We are testing some different stuff and are putting a new mast on the boat today (yesterday) and are going to give that a whirl," he said.

The skipper said he still had a little way to go before he would be ready for the serious business of the Games.

"Right now, we are just doing final testing, trying to establish which mast we are going to use for the Games and the only way to go through that is to get masts out in different wind conditions and test them," he said. "It's a long drawn-out process."