Team Luna Rossa Challenge 2013 Presents Team
Late Entry Challenger Crew to Visit America's Cup World
Series: Press Release
Mondello, Palermo, Italy, April 4, 2012
Luna Rossa Challenge 2013 readies their AC45s for the ACWS in Naples.
Photo:©2012 Carlo Borlenghi
Team Luna Rossa Challenge 2013, Challenger to the 34th America’s Cup, has been presented today in Mondello, Palermo, at the Circolo della Vela Sicilia, the challenging Yacht Club.
The President of Circolo della Vela Sicilia, Agostino Randazzo, and the Team Principal of Luna Rossa Challenge 2013, Patrizio Bertelli, welcomed the guests, including the President of the Palermo Province, Giovanni Avanti, the President of the Italian Sailing Federation, Carlo Croce, and the Sports Delegate of the Sicily Region, Daniele Tranchida.
A large group of media representatives and a delegation
of the America’s Cup Event Authority were also present.
Team members. Photo:©2012 Carlo Borlenghi
Team Luna Rossa Challenge 2013 was represented by skipper Max Sirena, helmsmen Paul Campbell-James and Chris Draper, sailors Francesco Bruni and Manuel Modena, and the designers, coaches, and other shore personnel Roberto Biscontini, Andrea Casimirri, Steve Erickson, Antonio Marrai, Umberto Panerai, Matteo Plazzi and Luis Saenz.
Agostino Randazzo, President of the Circolo della Vela Sicilia, stated:”The challenge for the America's Cup is the greatest ambition for a Yacht Club. I want to thank Patrizio Bertelli for granting this unique opportunity to the Circolo della Vela di Sicilia.”
Patrizio Bertelli, Team Principal of Luna Rossa Challenge 2013, stated: “This team brings together some of the “historical” Luna Rossa team members, and a strong new group of young sailors. The Circolo della Vela Sicilia has a very long and strong history in the world of sailing and we are proud to be representing it.”
Max Sirena, Skipper of Luna Rossa Challenge 2013, stated:
“We have been working very hard in the last few months and the whole team
has proved to be ready to meet the challenges of the upcoming AC45
competitions. We are pleased with the status of our work on the
construction of the new wing-sail catamaran AC72 that we plan to launch in
autumn.”
---From Team Luna Rossa Challenge 2013
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