San Diego has made a final effort to convince the rest of the world, and more importantly the selection committee, that it is more suitable than Bermuda as the site to host the 35th America’s Cup in 2017.

The Californian city has released a five-minute video, extolling the virtues of a port where the races have been held on three previous occasions — 1988, 1992 and 1995.

Those races were decided in the Pacific Ocean, several miles off Point Loma, but this time should San Diego get the nod, sailing will take place in the Bay in an area between Harbor Island and the Embarcadero.

In Bermuda, racing would take place in the Great Sound, which is considered ideal for spectators and, like San Diego, should provide the necessary wind.

A final decision on the venue will be made by the end of the year.

With Bermuda hosting the Argo Group Gold Cup, which features some of the world’s leading sailors, many of whom have sailed in previous editions of the America’s Cup and will be involved in 2017, there had been speculation that the announcement might have been made at the conclusion of the regatta last week.

Should Bermuda come out on top, it will be the first time in the Cup’s history that an American defender has hosted the event in foreign waters.

That will irk many in the US who believe that the Oracle Team USA, who staged to Miracle On Water to beat Emirates Team New Zealand in San Francisco in 2013, should make their defence on home territory.

The shortlist was whittled down to two after Chicago and San Francisco were discarded as contenders.

The San Diego video, which can be found on YouTube, explains why the city on the US West Coast should be picked over Bermuda.

“San Diego promises a revolution in stadium sailing,” it says. “Welcome to one of the best destination cities where wind and water and much more than sightseeing are a way of life. San Diegans are in, around and of the sea . . . a city of American innovation.”

The video points out that San Diego has hosted a number of world-class events, including the Super Bowl, US Open golf, World Series baseball and a number of other prestigious sailing regattas.

“We’re experienced, ready and reliable and can guarantee the element critical to world-class sailing competition — wind. You can count on the ideal breeze, eight knots, 93 per cent of the time.

“San Diego Bay provides the ultimate stadium sailing experience.”

Dennis Conner, one of the most celebrated US skippers, hails from San Diego. He has won the America’s Cup five times, the first three as skipper for two different countries and twice as CEO of Oracle Team USA.

The America’s Cup, affectionately known as the “Auld Mug”, is a trophy awarded to the winner of the America’s Cup match races between two yachts — the defending champions and the winners of the Louis Vuitton Cup, the international challengers.

It is the oldest international sporting trophy, originally awarded in 1851 by the Royal Yacht Squadron for a race around the Isle of Wight in England, which was won by the schooner America. The trophy was renamed the America’s Cup after the yacht and was donated to the New York Yacht Club under the terms of the Deed of Gift.