The Luna Rossa team began its preparations for the 36th America’s Cup at its new permanent base in the waters of Cagliari last week, with a TP52 Super Series class monohull, one of the highest-performance and most demanding racing yachts, which it will use for the 2018 TP52 Super Series.
The preliminary work will be divided into two stages. The first involves training in Cagliari from February to May 2018 in a provisional TP52, including over 40 promising young Italian sailors, helping to foster the development of a new generation of top-level competitive crew members.
The second stage will begin in May, and will focus on perfecting the new TP52 Luna Rossa, currently under construction, and taking part in the TP52 Super Series.
The first boat in the new AC75 class of monohulls, to be used for the 36th America’s Cup (#NL17), will be launched in March/April 2019, and the team will move to New Zealand in autumn 2020 for their final preparations for the competition.
Luna Rossa begins
training in Cagliari
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