Many of the recommendations are intended to increase the personal safety of the sailors and they include buoyancy aids, body armor, crew locator devices, hands-free breathing apparatus and high visibility helmets. Other recommendations are specific to the AC72 yachts, additional support equipment and race management.

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SegalReporter is apparently setting up a crowdfunding website to quickly create a way for SR to collect money and the team are being advised by sailing supporters with legal or economic background.

Currently, the team are still researching the required budget. A total amount of 80,000 euros is believed to be required to achieve a certain degree of competitiveness in SF. The includes the coach Markus Koy. The first hurdle is a sum of almost €16,000 for insurance and deposit which must be paid within three weeks.

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The Review Committee is scheduled to meet with the teams for the first time on Friday morning.

The owner of the Italian team competing in the America's Cup, Patrizio Bertelli, will arrive in San Francisco Friday, days after expressing concern about the safety of this summer's race.

Bertelli has no plans to pull out of the race and will leave that decision to his team, the Luna Rossa Challenge 2013, spokesman Francesco Longanesi Cattani said. "He is not coming here to decide whether to compete. It's to follow the developments."

In parallel with completing the final arrangements for the America’s Cup, a highly experienced panel of sailing and safety at sea experts has been appointed and charged with reviewing the training and racing of AC72 yachts in the 2013 America’s Cup.

The Review Committee will make its recommendations following the loss of Artemis Racing crew member Andrew Simpson in a training accident on San Francisco Bay on Thursday of last week.

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Two people were reported seriously injured Thursday when the Artemis Racing catamaran capsized near Treasure Island, a former naval station in San Francisco Bay. Video from television station ABC7 showed rescuers giving one person CPR after they were pulled from the water. A San Francisco fire department spokeswoman said one person was submerged for "quite some time".

The two injured crew were brought to shore and taken to the St. Francis Yacht Club, where paramedics performed CPR on one of the two, That person was pronounced dead a short time later. Officials said the other person's injuries were not life-threatening.

The Artemis Racing Team includes Britain's Iain Percy, Andrew Simpson, John Gimson and Chris Brittle. Artemis Racing, representing the Royal Swedish Yacht Club, is the challenger of record for the America's Cup.