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I C O O N M E C O D N I C L U L C A A U O D R I I O A N M I A E Z T Z O A M N M T A I S O O R I IN THE LVC FINAL THE FIRST CHALLENGER TO WIN FIVE POINTS, ONE POINT PER WIN, BECOMES THE CHALLENGER TO RACE THE DEFENDER FOR THE AMERICA’S CUP A N I , © C O P Y R LCV FINAL FROM 01 ST JUNE LCV FINAL FROM 01 ST JUNE I G H E E E E E E E E E E H H H H H H H H T L L N N N N N N N N N N C C C C C C C C A A G T T T T T T T T O T T U U U U U U U U U U T A A A A A A A A J J J J J J J J J J O O H A M T 1 T 2 2 3 5 M M M 1 M 3 5 6 M 6 M M M S R L , I T A L Y - 2 0 1 0 0 M I L A N - 8 , V I A FAN ALLA BASE D E I P I A T T I , P R I N T E Sorrisi alla Luna D I M P R E N T A L L O R E N S , V A L E N C I A - D . L . V - 2 0 2 6 - 2 0 0 7 SABRINA MARTA MARTINE ELISABET LA VELA È LO SPORT PIÙ BELLO CHE ABBIA MAI DA QUANDO SEGUO L’AMERICA’S CUP HO SEMPRE CONOSCO BENE I RAGAZZI DI LUNA ROSSA E DA BAMBINA VOLEVO ESSERE ITALIANA, TIFARE PRATICATO, LUNA ROSSA È NEL MIO CUORE PENSATO A UNA SOLA BARCA: LUNA ROSSA SO PER CERTO CHE NON MOLLERANNO MAI PER LUNA ROSSA È PER ME NATURALE 0604_41 x lun:Layout 1 3-06-2007 23:46 Pagina 2 AT THE BASE PHOTO The role of a yacht designer Bruce Nelson is one of three training in San Diego with Freedom As president of the Nelson/Marek restrictive now, the designers work principal designers on the in 1981-82. Dennis asked him Yacht Design in San Diego, within very tight rule guidelines” Luna Rossa Challenge team . to join his design team following Bruce has been involved with many he says. Bruce would like to see He has designed many yachts but his the loss of the Cup in 1983. design projects throughout the changes to class rules to make Bruce subsequently joined Conner's world and has enjoyed success the yachts more innovative, Stars and Stripes team that won the in yacht design for IOR, MORC and also so that the boats can cup back in Freemantle in 1987. and IMS classes and major regattas cope better in bigger waves and There was then the infamous including the Admirals Cup, stronger breezes. imbalanced match with the Kenwood Cup, Canada's Cup, The role of the yacht designer is catamaran that completely SORC, Sydney-Hobart and vary varied, they work on the yacht outclassed the kiwi’s maxi yacht Transpacific and finished configuration, appendages, position in San Diego. second racing his Etchells in of the rig, balance, target speeds, In 1992 Bruce joined a new the 2000 World Championships. heel angles, settings, rudder angles, committee who designed the AC But to him in terms of sail boat and in liaison with the sailing team, Class. After the cup was successfully racing and in particular sail boat make adjustments to boat balance defended by America3, he went on design, he describes the America's to maximise the overall to join the Young America team that Cup as the ‘Holy Grail’‚ performance. The average day is eventually lost in the finals to Team the highest level of racing but long, Bruce will get to the base early New Zealand in his home waters he says “The competition has and will normally go out on the off San Diego in 1995. alwaysbeen about design and water on ITA86. Having returned to This edition of the cup was also construction”. shore, the design team review all the remembered as the year of the He has worked with some of the performance data and after a lot fascination began when we was a incredible sight of the Australian characters of the cup, he describes of number crunching and teenager in New York. Each Spring boat One Australia breaking Dennis Conner as larger than life, analysing, conclusions are drawn he would go down to see the launch in half and sinking. “Dennis made a career out of the and relayed back to the sailing team. of the 12 metre boats near his home For the first edition in New cup but in recent years his “Everybody thinks the designer’s job on City Island in New York where Zealand, Bruce became a designer involvement has been more is finished when the boat is built most of them were built. When he with the AmericaOne team who commercial. He created the modern and launched”. There's not much was young Bruce said “We sneaked were narrowly beaten by Luna Rossa day professional cup sailor, and he time to relax, it’s a really packed around the boat yards and checked in Auckland 2000. took it from a summer pastime to schedule but the design team are out the under bodies and keels”. He Then after the 2003 cup where he a professional team multi year/boat a great bunch of guys and when they used to enjoy watching the 12’s tune designed for the One World team, campaign”. There are still a lot can they go to the beach to play up and go out on their sea trials. the ‘Auld Mug’ came to Europe for of characters, many of them have some beach soccer or have a game Having qualified as a naval architect the first time and Bruce was asked become legends after the cup is of basketball. at the University of Michigan, Bruce to join his first non-American team over but for Bruce the interest is But despite now working with went on to be a principal designer by becoming a principal designer for in the new up and coming players, an Italian team he confesses QUOTES OF THE DAY for the last 6 America’s Cup Luna Rossa Challenge. the technology, techniques languages are not his strong point campaigns. His first involvement “It’s a good job I’m working with and development of the boats. and describes his Italian as awful! was as a result of Dennis Conner an Italian team as there are not any “The design of the Version There’s just no spare time in inviting him to do some winter sail American teams left” he jokes. 5 America's Cup boats are very a yacht designer’s day. LVC FINAL Ottima partenza lanciata di Luna Rossa che guadagna subito venticinque metri • la barca italiana è sottovento a sinistra e non riesce a incrociare davanti • avvantaggiati da una maggior pressione, i neozelandesi riescono ad accompagnare Luna Rossa oltre la lay line • solo ora il vento salta a sinistra • ITA 94 gira la prima boa in ritardo di 40” • da questo momento NZL 92 si limita a controllare, aggiundicandosi il terzo punto della serie 3 Ray Davies Barry Mckay Ben Durham Max Sirena Strategist Pit Afterguard Mid Bow H Emirates Team New Zealand Emirates Team New Zealand Luna Rossa Challenge Luna Rossa Challenge C We certainly have not had the The winch fairings are only for upwind, I think James did a pretty good job at The ‘Sandokan’ or late gybe set is a late handbrake applied at all, we got some they get stowed down below as we set the pre-start. We had a similar weather call, in reality you do it almost as you T pressure and a little right hand shift as up for the mark to go downwind.