Ken McAlpine, Chief Measurer for the 32nd America’s Cup says it’s just a matter of ensuring each of the boats are ready for racing, and in class before racing begins in May.

“Almost all of the boats have been modified or changed since racing in Trapani last year. So to make sure we have what we think we have, we make some checks. The boats with minor modifications don’t have to go through a full measurement, but we check off some key places. For extensive modifications, the boats will be fully measured again,” he says.

The measurement programme started on the 26th of April and concludes the day before the first race of the Valencia Louis Vuitton Acts 10 & 11, the 10th of May.

“We have a programme where we open our doors for business and work with the teams to assign measurement slots” McAlpine says. “We spend these days going from compound to compound and working with the teams on everything from sail measurement to flotation measurements with the boat in the water.”

On Monday, the teams announced which boat they intend to race in the Louis Vuitton Acts this year. A team may substitute a boat up until the day before an Act begins, but only boats which hold a valid measurement certificate may race in competition.

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