AC 32 Regatta Director Dyer Jones published the Notices of Race for Act 13 and for the Louis Vuitton Cup (Challenger Selection Series).

The NOR for the LV Cup contains some interesting points for America’s Cup aficionados: :

The Race Committee intends to conduct racing when the average wind speed is between seven and 23 knots ;

The race course will be between 8.6 and 12.6 miles, with slightly longer race courses favored as the LV Cup progresses and shorter race courses more common on when two races are scheduled on one day ;

Matches that aren’t sailed when originally scheduled (postponed, abandoned, re-scheduled) will be raced in the next available ‘racing slot’ (on a reserve day in general) ;

The pairing list for the Rounds Robin will be established based on rankings following Valencia LV Act 13 (but there is currently some discussion on establishing the pairing list based on the current LV Ranking) ;

As with previous Louis Vuitton Cups, there are ‘no-change’ periods defined from the beginning to the end of each stage of the regatta.

During this period challengers may not make serious changes to their designated race boat, although minor modifications are permitted.

What is new however, is that challengers with two eligible race boats, are allowed to substitute their race boat in the middle of a round, subject to a penalty equal to one race win in that stage.

Meanwhile, the full 2007 racing program is now known :

Saturday, 31 March - "Declaration day" ;

Sunday, 1 April - "Unveiling Day" (all Challengers and the Defender are required to "unveil" and thereafter may no longer use "skirts" or "shrouds" to hide the underbodies of their ACC yachts) ;

Tuesday through Friday 3-6 April : Act 13, the final AC 32 "pre-regatta," and the last time the Challengers and Defender will race together until the AC 32 Match in June.

Fleet racing, seven races scheduled over the four days, nominally two races per day except the final day, with one Reserve Day (7 April) in case all seven races have not been completed by 6 April.

In accordance with the Valencia Plan, at the end of Act 13 the Challenger with the most Challenger Ranking Points is given four bonus points to carry into the Rounds Robin, and the remaining Challengers are broken into three groups with three, two and one bonus point(s) each ;

Monday 16 April or Sunday 15 April : The LVC double Round Robin phase begins (RR1 is two races per day; RR2, one race per day - Two points for each RR win) ;

On or about 6 May, RR2 will be over. The four Challengers with the top scores advance to the Semis. First place among the four gets to choose which of the other three it will race in its Semi. ;

Monday 14 May : The LVC Semis begin and are head-to-head (knock out) series, first-to-win-five races. Winners advance to the Finals; losers go home ;

Friday 1 June : The LVC Finals begin again first-to-win-five races. Winner goes to the AC 32 Match; loser goes home ;

Saturday 23 June : The AC Match begins and is also first-to-win five.