Bermuda skipper Mark Watson and crew are seen practising on their boat <i>Tiburon</i> ahead of next week's New York Yacht Club Invitationbal Cup to be sailed off Rhode Island. Watson will be joined by the likes of Peter Bromby and Ben Nicholls as the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club team take on other entrants from 14 nations around the world. The cup regatta begins next Wednesday and the four-day event will take place over the America's Cup course off Rhode Island.<i>Photo by Leslie Richter</i>