He said the Coast Guard was also concerned about being able to control the spectator fleet expected to watch the J-boats.

At the start of the first race today, America 3 slipped in and around a 20-boat spectator fleet as if on a slalom course.

Cayard chased America into the spectator fleet in pre-start maneuvers.

But before long, the wake from a boat in the spectator fleet hits the yacht, and the mast starts swinging.

The harbor will be crowded as yachts, watched by a spectator fleet, jockey for position at the start.

The Stars & Stripes team is concerned about choppy seas that could result from a large spectator fleet.

Both boats used the spectator fleet to dodge each other as they tried to make their way to the start line.

He got out of it, he said, by dipping into the spectator fleet.

Many of the yachts that make up the spectator fleet in the America's Cup are literally too nice to sail.

In such a light breeze, even the turbulence from the spectator fleet affected the yachts downwind.