Alinghi's boat on the move

One of the many readers of our website sent us this picture, taken earlier in the day right in front of Alingi's base in Port America's Cup. Apparently, one of the Swiss Defender's boats has been loaded on truck and is about to leave Valencia to start the team's national roadshow in Switzerland.

The first stop of the roadshow is the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, the Swiss federal science university, on the 30th and 31st of August. After that, several shows will be hosted in various cities of the small landlocked country with the closing ceremony taking place in Geneva. Detailed information can be obtained here, on Alinghi's website.

Alinghi's boat just about to leave the team base on her way to Switzerland for the team's national roadshow. Valencia, 22 August 2006

The other news from Valencia today is that both Alinghi and BMW Oracle are back from holidays and have started training off the Malvarossa beach, taking advantage of excellent wind conditions, as have been doing Desafío Español, Victory Challenge and United Internet Team Germany. Most teams are racing very close to the beach and thousands of beachgoers had the opportunity to watch this afternoon a beautiful and impressive practice match race between Desafío Español and Victory Challenge.