Just incase you guys are on the fence, I thought I should point out that the America's Cup registration deadline ends in about a week!

they have 10 teams signed up at this point (which is roughly equivalent to the past several iterations of the cup)...so that's good news! I think it's going to be pretty exciting and the noise from the naysayers is starting to get a little quieter.

http://www.americascup.com/news/and-then-there-were-10_72

The challenger of Record is still nowhere to be seen though

Huh???

From Jake's link:

"These two competitors for the America's Cup join ranks with ALEPH-ÉQUIPE DE FRANCE (France), Artemis Racing (Sweden), Emirates Team New Zealand (New Zealand), Energy Team (France), Mascalzone Latino (Italy), ORACLE Racing (USA), Team Australia, and one other undisclosed team."

Try to keep up...

Mike

They have chartered their boat to Oracle Racing for two boat testing.

This is a bit worrying though, especially since they chartered their AC45 to Oracle before they even stickered it.
Rumour is that there will be an event in Valencia, I will definitely try to make it if possible.

So, that's just one more Saturday lottery chance till I give up on the Team VMG challenge then.

wish me luck!

15 teams now...(the last four or five teams are undisclosed as of yet)

http://www.americascup.com/news/entries-surge-for-transformed-america-s-cup_77

No chance this is April Fools? Totally sucks that no east coast (US) city was picked for a warm-up. Hopefully, there are more dates to come...

LV is back, that's definitely a good thing.

Mike