This post is part of my America’s Cup in San Francisco blog post series.

America’s Cup AC World Series is staring next week in San Francisco. Workers are busy setting up the Marina Greens to host all visitors and spectators. At the same time, teams are already training in the bay.

I went out to take some pictures of these fast boats. It was fun to see them sailing so close to the shore that you almost could touch them.

Here are some pictures of the boats I encountered: America’s Oracle Racing, France’s Energy Team, Italy’s Luna Rossa, Sweden’s Artemis, and China’s Team China.