Hamilton Harbour could potentially provide the backdrop for America’s Cup World Series racing.

During a packed town hall meeting at the Heritage Worship Centre in Hamilton on Tuesday, Sir Russell Coutts, director of the America’s Cup Event Authority (ACEA) and Oracle Team USA’s chief executive, revealed that organisers have not ruled out the possibility of having part of the event take place in the Island’s port of call.

“The regatta director [Iain Murray] was investigating whether it was possible to bring some racing inside the harbour,” Sir Russell said yesterday. The five-times America’s Cup winner said organisers were looking into avenues of having racing conclude in Hamilton Harbour, which annually hosts the Argo Group Gold Cup.

A graphic unveiled to the public at the meeting depicts the finish line in front of the Flagpole on Front Street.

The World Series is a racing circuit featuring the best sailors in the world, competing on 45ft one-design wing-sail foiling catamarans.

The fleet racing series is the first stage of competition in the 2017 America’s Cup.

The circuit is an early opportunity to put points on the board that carry forward into the next stage of the competition — the Qualifiers.

The overall ranking position in the World Series determines the starting points score for the teams involved in the Qualifiers in 2017.

All teams have been given an opportunity to host events in their countries. The series will officially commence in Portsmouth, England, the home port of British challenger Ben Ainslie Racing, from July 23 to 26.

The next event will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, home of Artemis Racing, from August 28 to 30, and Bermuda, the only series host without an entrant, will be the venue for the third set of races from October 16 to 18.

Four to six World Series events are expected in 2016, including a return to Portsmouth in July and a regatta in Chicago during the summer.

Organisers had originally planned to stage four World Series events this year.

However, the withdrawal of Italian team Luna Rossa resulted in the proposed curtain-raiser in Cagliari from June 4 to 7 being cancelled.

Luna Rossa pulled out in protest against the radical revision of the class rule for the America’s Cup Play-offs and the America’s Cup Match.

The ACEA, with the approval of a majority of the teams, ditched plans for the latter stages of racing being contested in 62ft catamarans, instead opting for a 48ft alternative.

This angered Luna Rossa and their protests were supported by Emirates Team New Zealand, who stand to lose government funding as a result, with Auckland being taken off the table as a contender for the Qualifiers venue as part of a deal that results in all of the main racing being held in one venue — Bermuda.