America's Cup entries soar, World Series venues announced + Audio

10:38 AM Sun 3 Apr 2011 GMT

'AC45 sailing on Hauraki Gulf - 23 March 2011' Ivor Wilkins/www.americascup.com Click Here to view large photo

With the passing of the entry deadline for the 31st America's Cup passing on the 31st March 2011, event organisers have announced that seven more teams have entered (with five accepted, so far) and the first venues for the new America's Cup World Series has also been announced. The entry numbers compare well with previous America's Cup both in terms of numbers of teams and the regional distribution. The team numbers are slightly inflated due to the the fact the organisers now count the Defender team(s) as entries where in previous Matches only the Challenger numbers have been scored. Nevertheless ...

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by Richard Gladwell and America's Cup Media