Friday, February 19, 2010

The 33rd America's Cup in numbers


1 America's Cup

2 boats: the catamaran Alinghi 5 / Société Nautique de Genève & the trimaran the USA (BMW-ORACLE) / Golden Gate Yacht Club

6 venues in 159 years: New York (the USA), Newport (the USA), Fremantle (AUS), San Diego (the USA), Auckland (NZL) and Valencia (ESP)

7 countries have reached the America's Cup Match (England, Italy, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand and the United States)

24 sailors in the official crew listing: 14 on Alinghi 5, 10 in the USA

39 TV channels acquired the broadcasting rights

79 nautical miles of racing: 40 in the first and 39 in second

More than 5,000 plates of paella served

60,000 people attended the event inauguration in the Marina Real Juan Carlos I of Valencia

656,000 unique visitors watched the live racing direct through the official web site

2,800,000 visits to the cup website (www.americascup.com)