All the challenger teams for the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup had ear-marked today as a ‘big one’ with near perfect Garbi conditions of 16-18 knots and relatively flat-water to give all five AC75s, including Orient Express Racing Team on her maiden tow-test, a thorough shakedown. Brilliant to watch, the unofficial line-ups were again revealing and there’s a real sense of things becoming very serious as the business-end of this cycle hove’s into view.
