In build at the ORACLE TEAM USA base at Pier 80 as required by the America’s Cup rules, the first of the two wingsail catamarans, AC72 yacht is due to be launched by the end of this month.
Running from June 28 to July 1, the Newport America’s Cup World Series will see the maximum effort of the ORACLE TEAM USA SPITHILL to obtain the overall victory in the final event of the 2011-12 ACWS season.
With a personal tour by team skipper Jimmy Spithill, the popular rap artist MC Hammer has recently arrived at the ORACLE TEAM USA base, ending up helming the yacht.
The 12-story tall wingsail, along with hull crossbeams for the first of two AC72 yachts of the ORACLE TEAM USA, racing in the 34th America’s Cup have been successfully delivered to San Francisco yesterday.
Currently the first in the leaderboard, the ORACLE TEAM USA Spithill will try to gain the overall victory in the upcoming Newport America’s Cup World Series, running from June 27 to July 1, while Russel Coutts returns to helm boat No. 5.
The team currently leading in the leaderboard for the 2011-12 season championship is the ORACLE TEAM USA led by Jimmy Spithill, with 4 point advantage over Emirates Team New Zealand, taking second place.
Hundreds of fans and dignitaries gathered up to celebrate the signing of the agreement for the City of San Francisco to host the America’s Cup in 2013.