Countdown to the Louis Vuitton Cup in San Francisco

    An opening ceremony on 4 July is the debut America Cup Park Piers 27/29 to mark on the coast of San Francisco, and this is the start of the competition for the America's Cup, the oldest international sporting trophy. Entrance to the park is free, where interactive exhibits, science and the history of the America's Cup to present a flight over the water film visitors can experience the feeling of a spectacular AC 72 catamaran and sail winches includes space for children and other hands, hands-on activities.

The opening ceremony Cup Pavilion America is a ticket agency case that there are some are still places available. Members of the four participating teams will be on stage with entertainment competing nations Italy (Luna Rossa) to be Emirates Team New Zealand, Sweden (Artemis Racing) and Oracle Team USA.

Racing starts at 7 July in the Louis Vuitton Cup, Cup Challenger Series in America, with three challengers vying for the right to the defender, Oracle Team USA in the finals of the America's Cup in face of September. This is the first time that the Cup race in America never that competition in the United States is in San Francisco and the first time since 1995 instead.

While all four teams are composed of some of the best sailors in the world, three challengers in the Louis Vuitton Cup teams at the top to September. Luna Rossa Challenge of Italy, winner of the Louis Vuitton Cup in 2000, puts his leadership hopes Massimiliano skipper Sirena, the rear Francesco Bruni and helmsman Chris Draper. Skipper Dean Barker, Ray Davies, tactician and trimmer Glenn Ashby lead the challenge for Emirates Team New Zealand, twice winner of the America's Cup (1995, 2000). Artemis Racing of Sweden, who tragically lost a team member Andrew Simpson in May roared back with skipper and helmsman Iain Percy Nathan Outteridge and Loick Peyron.