The three America’s Cup teams based in Bermuda could potentially line up against each other in the Great Sound next week.

It is understood plans are in the works for Oracle Team USA, the defender, and challengers Artemis Racing and SoftBank Team Japan to participate in “informal practice races” together in their AC45S foiling catamarans.

The AC45S is a supped-up version of the AC45F used in the America’s Cup World Series, which serves as a test platform for the final boat the teams will compete in at next year’s 35th America’s Cup.

The power-starved AC45F will also be used in next year’s Red Bull Youth America’s Cup regatta, which will feature a Bermuda team.

It coincides with the arrival of the first components of the boat that Oracle will defend the “Auld Mug” in next June in a large container at the team’s base in Dockyard yesterday.

“A bit of excitement around the base in Bermuda today with a special delivery,” read a post on Oracle’s Facebook page.

The team is expected to reveal further details about the special delivery in a press release today.

Oracle defended their title at the 34th America’s Cup with a stunning comeback from an 8-1 deficit to beat challenger Emirates Team New Zealand in San Francisco Bay.

Their defence in Bermuda marks the first time a team has defended in foreign waters by choice.

Meanwhile, the GC32 foiling catamaran that Bermuda’s Red Bull Youth America’s Cup sailors are training in is to be christened next month.

It will take place during a ceremony at Darrell’s Island on November 3.

Bermuda’s sailors have already begun sailing the GC32 to help prepare them for the larger AC45F they will compete in at next June’s Red Bull Youth America’s Cup in the Great Sound.

Sailed by a crew of five, the strict one-design ultra-high-performance catamaran is one of the world’s fastest racing yachts and is used by most, if not all, of the teams to be involved in next year’s Youth America’s Cup.

The GC32 is capable of reaching speeds approaching 40 knots while its large foils also enable it to foil upwind in 18-20 knots.

Inspired by the 34th America’s Cup, the GC32 was transformed into a fully flying foiling catamaran after being fitted with Mk2 foils in early 2014.