Doug DeVos’ Quantum Racing won the Royal Cup 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino title in Tuscany, Italy, their third regatta triumph of the five event 2022 52 SUPER SERIES season. They overturned a one point deficit to triumph by five clear points ahead of Takashi Okura’s Sled and now carry a five points l...

The Barcolana, the world’s largest mass-start sailing race, is set to take place in the Gulf of Trieste in Italy. Close to thousand boats of all types and sizes will fight for position along a 1.8 mile start line as they set off on the 54th edition of the race around a 13-mile course.The Barcolan...

The Barcolana is one of those 'bucket list' events for any yachty - it set the world record in 2018 at its 50th regatta with 2869 yachts starting. The two main contenders were the 2021 Defender, Arca and Deep Blue, the Challenger. Short course for these maxis and they match raced each other aroun...

Final regatta of the TF35 2022 Trophy and it was time to visit Scarlino in Italy on the sparkling Gulf of Follonica against the hazy silhouette of the island of Elba. 'Realteam for Léman hope' took the regatta win but the overall winner of the TF35 Trophy overall was Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi ...

A total of 150 riders representing 44 nations from every continent were set to contest the 2022 Formula Kite World Championships in Cagliari, Sardinia, over seven days. The Worlds is the biggest test of the year as the kiteboarding athletes continue their journey towards the Paris 2024 Olympic Ga...

Four riders shot out of the start like a bullet with perfect four-from-four scores on Day One of qualifying at the 2022 Formula Kite World Championships in Cagliari, Sardinia. Daniela Moroz (USA) and Lauriane Nolot (FRA) led the women’s qualifying fleets. Axel Mazella (FRA), Toni Vodisek (SLO) an...

Thunder, lightning, rain and a lack of wind all conspired against any racing being able to take place on Day Two in Cagliari, Sardinia. No day at a world championship should ever be wasted, and for the coaches there were still opportunities to make gains with their athletes even on a no-race day....

The offshore Mistral breeze looked promising but only half-choked into action for Day Three of the 2022 Formula Kite Worlds in Sardinia. For the riders who chose to sit out the recent Lepanto Formula Kite European Championships in Nafpaktos, Greece, this was a day to prove that the extra training...

The Mistral fully kicked in for Day Four of the 2022 Formula Kite Worlds in Cagliari, Sardinia. The wind was pumping from 15 up to 22 knots, with some really hard gusts coming off the Sardinian shore. Everyone came back off the water with a big story to tell. The adrenalin and the endorphins were...

A light to medium Mistral breeze delivered four high-intensity races on Day Five of the 2022 Formula Kite Worlds in Cagliari, Sardinia. The wind was blowing offshore from Poetto Beach at 8 to 11 knots, making the racing an altogether more tactical challenge than the previous day of high-speed sur...

Poetto Beach saved its best for last, with strong onshore winds and challenging waves to decide the climax of the 2022 Formula Kite World Champs in Cagliari, Sardinia. The past six days had produced all kinds of conditions and made the battle for the men’s and women’s world titles a true test of ...

The 2022 Sabfoil Wingfoil Racing World Cup & Open European Championships attracted 52 pioneering riders to the western shore of Lake Garda in the north of Italy. Wingfoiling has exploded as a new recreational sport across the world, and increasingly some competitive-minded riders are looking to r...

The 2022 Sabfoil Wingfoil Racing World Cup & Open European Championships got off to a flying start with two long distance races for the 52 international athletes. In both races, Francesco Cappuzzo from Sicily came from behind on the 10km course, saving his best for last on the final high-speed re...

It was an early start to racing so that over 50 international riders could catch the best of the morning breeze on Italy’s most famous lake for high performance watersports. Principal race officer, Mirco Babbini, sent the women’s fleet and three men’s qualifying groups out for some fast-turnaroun...

Not enough wind on Lake Garda meant no racing for Day Three of the 2022 Sabfoil Wingfoil Racing World Cup & Open European Championships in Italy. French rider Mathis Ghio (FRA) held the lead in the men’s competition, while Czech pro rider Paula Novotná (CZE) hit the front in the women's fleet. On...

After a morning of rain squalls blasting down from the northern end of Garda, a weather window opened up in the afternoon for some short-course racing. While the women continued to race in one fleet, the men were re-allocated to gold, silver and bronze fleets. Five short-course races took place i...

The Italian's have launched and started testing their Luna Rossa Prototype in Cagliari. Some could be mistaken that it resembles a 'Harlequin' - a tight fitting costume with brightly coloured triangles and diamonds or its deception with camouflage!

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How it was born and who is behind the boat designed and built at the Cagliari base. Horacio Carabelli, Head of the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli's design team, coordinates a design pool consisting of 14 departments (naval architecture, mechatronics, structural engineering, VPP, simulator, etc.), each ...

The key words in the design of the Luna Rossa prototype (and the future AC75) are: predictions, performance and control. From the hull to the sails, passing by foils, mechatronic software, deck layout and rig, everything must be conceived, built and tested like the pieces of a puzzle. The design ...

Laminating, painting and installation: the three fundamental steps in the realisation of the prototype for Luna Rossa Pirelli Prada.

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