The modified foiling AC45F catamarans that will take centre stage at next week’s Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series have arrived on the Island.

The one-design multihull racing yachts arrived on a container ship on Monday, having skirted around the back of Hurricane Joaquin that passed through Bermuda on Sunday.

Teams will get an opportunity to practise in the AC45F, the same boats to be used for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup, next Thursday and Friday before this year’s third and final America’s Cup World Series event takes place in the Great Sound from October 17 to 18.

Oracle Team USA, the defender of the “Auld Mug”, are the hosts for next week’s America’s Cup World Series Bermuda.

Emirates Team New Zealand are top of the overall series leaderboard followed by Land Rover BAR, the British challenger, and Oracle Team USA in third.

“For us, that’s probably going to be the most important event to date,” Jimmy Spithill, the Oracle skipper, said. “We really want to try and win the ‘home’ event and we will be doing everything we can.

“We had a third in Portsmouth, a second in Gothenburg and it seems right to take the win in Bermuda.

“We will certainly be doing everything we can to perform well.”

The America’s Cup World Series is the first stage of competition in the 2017 America’s Cup and an early opportunity to put points on the board that carry forward into the next stage.

The overall ranking position in the two-year series determines the starting points score of the teams in the America’s Cup Qualifiers in 2017.

The World Series event will enable local race fans to experience the thrill of watching AC45F foiling catamarans and will also be the first opportunity for people around the world to view the high-tech, one-design multihulls showcased in Bermuda.

“If we can get some breeze I think the locals will be blown away with the racing,” Spithill said.

“I think the locals will really love it and get a real kick out of it.

“It’s real spectator sailing and we can’t wait to showcase it all. Then they will have a taste of what the America’s Cup is about.”