Welcome ITA 99!
- Posted by webmaster on January 23rd, 2007 filed in eng, Luna Rossa
Ita 99 arrived safe and sound at the Mascalzone Latino-Capitalia Base yesterday evening at seven o’clock from Green Marine in Lymington (UK). It survived the storm that hit the English Channel last Thursday. Despite the storm, she arrived without complication and was warmly received by the team, who greeted her with applause as she approached the base.
She is the second of Mascalzone’s two new boats built for the 32nd America’s Cup, following ITA 90 which the team has been training with since last summer.
ITA 99 is the creation of the Mascalzone Latino-Capitalia Team design group, led by Harry Dunning. Last night, Harry was among the group of team members that welcomed her arrival:
“We are all delighted to greet ITA99. She is the culmination of two years of continuous research and development by our design team and we are very proud of her. I congratulate our boat builders and component suppliers for the beautiful construction job and thank Vincenzo and the sailing and shore teams for all of their valuable input as she moved from concept to reality. We are very eager to see how she performs against ITA90 in the coming weeks as we make preparations for Act 13 and the Louis Vuitton Cup.”
Now the work continues, this time on the water, with two-boat testing.
Nacho Postigo, navigator, outlined the team’s plans for ITA 99, “Well, the boat is now here after all the effort by the design team, the boat builders, and our hard working shore team. Now the load is on us, the sailing team, who will have to work at the same level those guys have already done to get the maximum out of the new “baby”. We are looking forward to unveil all the potential the boat has to offer. Although two boat testing is a hard job, plus the fact that winter has finally arrived to Valencia… we can´t wait for the moment to jump on her and start learning!”
Luna Rossa is waiting peaceful in its base
photo from Alessandra, a friend of mine:
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