Designed by Rolf Vrolijk and an Alinghi design team headed by Grant Simmer, Alinghi 5 was built in Villeneuve, Switzerland, by Alinghi-Décision and required more than 100,000 hours of work [REF].
The mast is approximately tall[REF](the mast was initially shorter; a taller mast was installed in October 2009) [REF].