After a three-day session of meetings in Valencia, the Challenger Commission gives some interesting informations.

If the details have yet to be finalised and discussed, ACM intends to organize a boat parade cum opening ceremony involving all 12 teams on on both the 13th and 14th April (the racing for the LVC begin on the 16 April).

A person has "acknowledged technical or tactical skill" and is then prohibited as 18th person "if they are or were a member of a design team, sailing team, performance analysis team or were a coach for an America's Cup team in the 32nd or 31st America's Cups".

The CC unanimously approved the NOR WP's recommendation to accept the pairing list format for the LVC Round Robins that had been drafted by Marco Mercuriali (ITA, Luna Rossa) in consultation with the Regatta Director.

Once the final LV Ranking for each Challenger is known after Act 13, the Challengers will be "seeded" accordingly into the this latest pairing list format, and the order and scheduled dates of Round Robin matches will be known.

Likewise the CC unanimously supported the draft course sharing schedule (between the Challengers and Defender) proposed by the Regatta Director, subject to trading a few more dates with the Defender to allow full and fair effect of the aforementioned "Big Casino" pairing list format and assure more racing for the LV Finals on the inner north (buoyed) race course -- the course on which the AC Match will be conducted.