Alinghi, BMW Oracle and Emirates Team NZ will not race newest boats

All 12 teams participating in the 32nd America's Cup officially announced this afternoon what boat they will be using during the fleet races of Louis Vuitton Act 13 that starts tomorrow Tuesday.

Out of the so-called Big Four (Alinghi, BMW Oracle, Luna Rossa and Emirates Team NZ) only the Italian challenger has decided to race with their newest yacht ITA-94. The other three will use instead the first of their two new yachts. The Defender's choice of racing with SUI-91 doesn't really come as a surprise, since that boat has never taken part in official racing so far. As far as the other two challengers are concerned, both boats raced during the 2006 season and presumably they will be used as measure sticks in order to gauge the rest of the fleet.

All other teams will race with their newest yachts, even those that have two, as is the case of Macalzone Capitalia and Desafío Español.

A training fleet race went on during the afternoon, of approximately three and a half legs without a visible finish line. Luna Rossa took part with both boats and finished first and third while Areva Challenge was second. This of course is to be taken lightly since it was more of a test sail rather than a normal regatta.

List of boats racing in Louis Vuitton Act 13:

Alinghi	SUI 91
BMW ORACLE Racing	USA 87
+39 Challenge	ITA 85
Team Shosholoza	RSA 83
Emirates Team New Zealand	NZL 84
Luna Rossa Challenge	ITA 94
Areva Challenge	FRA 93
Victory Challenge	SWE 96
Desafío Español 2007	ESP 97
Mascalzone Latino - Capitalia Team	ITA 99
United Internet Team Germany	GER 89
China Team	CHN 95