Match one pits England’s TeamOrigin versus start-up Russia Synergy with the warning signal scheduled for 09:00.

TeamOrigin features four-time Olympic medallist Ben Ainslie (GBR) as skipper and helmsman and two-time medallist Iain Percy (GBR) as tactician. The team is loaded with experience and placed fifth at tlvhe Louis Vuitton Pacific Series last February in New Zealand.

“We started well at that event but had our issues at the end,” said Ainslie. “The format here is different from in New Zealand since the home team doesn’t advance to the final, so every race counts. We’ll have to be wide awake tomorrow morning.”

Synergy is a new team from a country, Russia, not known for its louis vuitton handbagsexpertise in professional sailing. But the team has valued experience on the helm in Karol Jablonski of Poland and tactician Rod Dawson of New Zealand.

Jablonski led Spain’s Desafio Español to a third-place finish at the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup while Dawson has won a plethora of match race regattas. Still, Synergy has its work cut out in its first appearance in America’s Cup sloops.

“It will be a great day for everyone. It’s the first time Russia sails sureplica gucci handbagsch a boat,” said Synergy general manager Maxim Logutenko. “We don’t think about the results tomorrow. It’s sport and we’ll try to beat them, but we don’t worry about the results. It’s a big day for Russia sailing.”

Synergy got a break at tonight’s draw for boats when it selected GBR-75 over FRA-93. GBR-75 was the preferred yacht for every team that got to choose. TeamOrigin, however, will enter the start box on the favoured starboard tack.

The wind tomorrow is expected to blow up to 15 knots in the morning before increasing to 25 knots or more in the afternoon. That might put an early halt to racing as the organisers are concerned with the sea state and the damage the AC sloops could incur from shock loading.