CC MEMO -- Louis Vuitton Acts Numbering

Regarding our CSS Format/Scoring proposal (the "San Fran Plan"), there has been some confusion over the number, and numbering, of "Acts."

In 2004 there were three Louis Vuitton Acts -- one at Marseilles and two at Valencia.

This year there are six Louis Vuitton Acts -- 4 and 5 at Valencia, 6 and 7 at Malmoe (SWE), and 8 and 9 at Trapani (ITA). 4, 6 and 8 are six-day match racing events; 5, 7 and 9 are three-day fleet racing events.

In 2006 there will be three Acts -- 10, 11 and 12 -- all at Valencia. These will take place in June and early July as dress rehearsals for the LV Finals and AC Match (which will take place in the same months in 2007). Any other events are "exhibitions," such as the regatta tentatively set for Lake Geneva in late August 2006. As such, they will not count for Challenger Seeding points.

Louis Vuitton Act 13 is the Fleet Race Regatta at Valencia the first week of April 2007, which is followed ten days later by the start of the Challenger Selection Series.

The confusion over the number of Acts stems from a recent suggestion that the April 2007 Act be called "Act 14" - for the same reason that some buildings skip floor 13.

Hence the 13 Acts accounted for in the San Fran Plan.