It's a warm, sunny day here in Valencia. Should be a good seabreeze this afternoon. The swell and chop from the recent stormy weather should have largely abated.

Yesterday all the teams were afloat except China Team and +39. This morning I can see from my office window here at the Team Base the flurry of ACC-yacht launchings taking place around the Port America's Cup -- so it should be more of the same intensive activity on the water today. +39 has been sailing on and off, and one hears China Team will be sailing by the end of the week, making it a full house.

There is a fair bit of intra- and inter-team racing going on each day, with a number of "friendly" match-ups taking place -- at least among the Challengers. So far, Alinghi has just been training by themselves. Maybe they prefer that to showing their hand too early to any of the Challengers.

Have been asked overnight about the various media reports that say we, too, now have a jumperless rig. Sorry, but we don't normally confirm or deny such reports when it involves possible technical developments.


Office with a view: Clear blue sky should help generate a nice
afternoon seabreeze.