With the 35th America's Cup now less than two years away, the pace is beginning to quicken as teams prepare to mount their challenge. The current phase of the build-up is a round of early yachting circuit race events - the America's Cup World Series - hosted around the world by the nations of the competing teams. Challengers and the defender alike can accrue points that will be carried forward into the qualifiers in 2017. The main event is to be held in Bermuda in June of the same year.