Alinghi inaugurate their new base in Valencia

Saturday was a historic day for Valencia and the 32nd America's Cup. Alinghi, the Defender of the Cup, inaugurated their enormous brand new base in Port America's Cup, surpassing all previous records while setting the

It is the biggest base ever built for an America's Cup team, occupying almost 7,000 square meters (70% larger than the previous one in Auckland), and cost close to 7 million euros. Its sail loft is the largest one existing (610 square meters) while the team's boats will be housed in a 650 square meter boat shed.

Nevertheless, what distinguishes this base from the other ones so far, is the degree of openess and accessibilty to the public. The base not only houses the team, but also the "Alinghi simulator", the "Alinghi Research Lab", the "Alinghi Academy" as well as they "Alinghi Cinema". Check all these features in our video and photo tours of the base.

Our tour around the base gave us the opportunity to catch up with members of the Alinghi team and ask them question concerning the Defender as well as the Challengers of the America's Cup. We would like to thank Erwan Le Ravallec of Cup in Europe, who provided us with most of the questions, given his vast and unsurpassable knowledge of all matters related to the America's Cup.