The Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Bermuda will be an exciting spectacle not to be missed, says Sir Russell Coutts, the chief executive of the America’s Cup Event Authority and Oracle Team USA.

This weekend’s event is the first stage of competition of the 35th America’s Cup and will feature the six teams, including Oracle, the regatta hosts and defender of the “Auld Mug”.

“I’m definitely excited about the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series coming to Bermuda and I’m hoping lots of Bermudians are going to come down to watch,” Coutts, the five-times America’s Cup winner, said.

“It’s going to be the first time we are going to get a taste of America’s Cup racing in Bermuda and I think the teams are excited about it.

“A lot of them want to get racing where they know the final venue is to start to experience the local conditions and learn about it.”

The World Series is contested in the wing-sail, foiling AC45F catamaran that can reach speeds up to 50 knots and is sailed by a crew of five who are weighed before the start of each regatta to ensure that they do not exceed the total weight allowance of 437.5kg.

To even the playing field, the AC45F is a strict one-design, which means the boat is designed to the same set of rules and built from the same boatyard.

“These boats that they are using for the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series are all the same,” said Coutts, who never lost an America’s Cup race, said.

“They’re all built in New Zealand out of the same moulds, so they are identical boats and in a way that’s a cool thing.

“It really comes down to the skill of the athletes, skill of the sailors and which teams sail better than the others. If they’re not winning, they can’t blame their equipment on the difference in performance.”

The format for the World Series is fleet racing, meaning all six teams compete against each other as opposed to match racing as they do in the America’s Cup.

“The fleet racing is really fantastic,” Coutts added. “The America’s Cup started off as a fleet race and in some ways it might have been a pity they moved into a match race. When you watch the fleet racing, it is exciting.”

Emirates Team New Zealand top the standings heading into the final World Series event of 2015, after stops in Portsmouth and Gothenburg, with 72 points, followed by Land Rover BAR on 65 and Oracle on 64.