Team Alinghi's SUI 75, newly modified to Version 5 of the Rule, re-sprayed and branded, arrived under wraps aboard a 28.5m lorry at their Base in Valencia on Saturday 26 February.

The convoy was two days ahead of schedule despite having to navigate b-roads for the 1250km route from Vevey, Switzerland plus deal with a puncture on the pilot car.

Michel Marie, shore crew manager comments on plans for the boat: "Having had some beauty treatment in the Swiss Alps, SUI 75 will now have the mast stepped, be rigged and fitted out and the keel attached ready to go sailing on the 4 April."

Meanwhile in the shed in Valencia, SUI 64 is undergoing the Version 5 modifications. .