Sorrisi Alla Luna LVC Final

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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 ARANCHA YA LAN MARTA BEATRICE NOI SPAGNOLI SIAMO TUTTI CON LUNA ROSSA, VEDERE LA PRUA ITALIANA SOLCARE LE ONDE HO SCELTO DI FARE L’ERASMUS A VALENCIA GRAZIE AI MIEI GENITORI HO CONOSCIUTO UNA SQUADRA CAPACE DI FARCI SOGNARE È PER ME UN’ EMOZIONE FORTISSIMA ANCHE PER POTER VEDERE LUNA ROSSA LUNA ROSSA E ORA SONO UNA SUA ULTRAS 0606_43 x mer:Layout 1 6-06-2007 1:28 Pagina 2 AT THE BASE LVC FINAL Split start, Luna Rossa sulla destra, al primo incrocio è davanti • ITA 94 si presenta al secondo incrocio con un vantaggio di oltre 30 mt e difende la destra • i neozelandesi, grazie a un buono, riescono a colmare la distanza e accompagnano Luna Rossa oltre la lay line virando la prima boa con Tom Schnackenberg: 19” di vantaggio • l’imbarcazione italiana sempre sotto controllo dei kiwi non riesce a colmare il gap e chiude la quarta regata con un ritardo di 52” M Navigator, Sail maker & Designer A T When you mention sail that way! But by talking he worked with Ben Lexcen sponsor driven environment. Trapani where the whole C making design Tom to the technicians, he got helping with the Luna Rossa is a truly town comes out to embrace Schnackenberg would be the idea of how to write the development but basically international team but with the cup experience have been H one of the first names software programmes. So sail design was his main task a strong Italian flavour and wonderful”. All the ACC in 1977 wrote a computer in those 3 campaigns. methodology. Staging boats have the same that comes to mind. 4 He has been in the game for programme that solved the He then joined the Team the cup in Valencia has added dimensions so there are now longer than most and issues of geometry and the New Zealand team that went a whole new dimension, 100 of them and all these considered to be a leading shaping of the sails. The on to win the cup in San I’ve enjoyed living in Spain,” teams have spent a lot light in the scientific programme was nicknamed Diego in 1995 as design he says. For Tom the most of time and resources development of yacht and the “Tin Sail Programme” co-ordinator and navigator. radical changes to the developing these boats so it sail design. Tom has a long The design process followed He stayed with AC boats have been in the would be a shame to lose and interesting career in the the automotive and the kiwis until 2005. technology. “The biggest the experience and slow sport, as well has his list aeronautical industries, these Tom had been a friend with thing we have noticed has the growth of the class. of successes in the America’s companies had big budgets the Luna Rossa team for been in the use of carbon, Tom can visualise his sails Cup he has sailed as so the research that the sail years, since the early days of in the masts and the sails. just by looking at his a navigator in numerous designers used was funded the Prada campaigns. It used to be very hard to get computer screen. campaigns in the 80’s & 90’s by university and space The Team used a copy of his what you wanted with “With the use of computer and coached as part of the programmes. match-racing game “TAC” panelled sails and short technology I look at New Zealand team at the screen and look at the the Olympic Games in numbers and can envisage Barcelona in 1992, Atlanta the design of the boat. in 1996 and Sydney in 2000. The numbers tell the story. Tom first joined North Sails I used to know all the sails QUOTES OF THE DAY in 1974 in San Diego and I worked on by their then went on to open dimensions. the North Sails loft I can conjure up all the in New Zealand in 1978. shapes from the numbers”. He remembers a defining “The spinnaker design is still moment in the summer of a wide open game,” he says. 1974 when he was working The dimensions are so in the North Sails loft in variable. You can cut Toronto, Canada where he spinnakers many ways as received a phone call from long as the overall area does Andy McGowan, not exceed 512sqm. complaining about the late In 10 knots of breeze you delivery of a plotting board could have 10 different types for Courageous, of shape on the water at any Ray Davies Don Cowie Torben Grael Jonathan Mckee a navigational aid used for This is Tom’s 10th year in and enjoyed this very mutch. battens. We used to use one time. Eventually the best Strategist Mainsail Trimmer Tactician Mainsail Trimmer dead reckoning before the the America’s Cup, his first He used to meet with the Dacron, then Kevlar and in designs get copied and the Emirates Team New Zealand Emirates Team New Zealand Luna Rossa Challenge Luna Rossa Challenge onset of GPS. He dropped real taste of involvement was “boss” occasionally for the early 90’s 3DL in Kevlar. game moves on. We knew it was going to be a tricky day The reason for the boats acceleration is Yes we definitely could have got closer to If there was any way we could speed up the sail that we was working with Enterprise in 1977. dinner and one day after he In 1995 we started using There is still a lot of testing them on the second cross but we felt that the boat in these conditions obviously we on and promptly phoned “Initially I was in San Diego had finished working with carbon threads and that done in the wind tunnel with with very shifty conditions so our call at interesting, I’ve been telling the guys at the local company to ask, working with Lowell North Team New Zealand he got made another improvement”. spinnakers”. the start was to start at pace but there was the base that its called the mainsail we were on a lefty and thought the right would have done it already. We are not “Where’s our dead reck?” and I wrote some software, the opportunity to come and “Back in the 70's it was Of all the Cups in his long not a huge amount in it. It didn’t go our because its all about the main! I think side looked good and took the position ruling out that we might make a He remembered the timing a computer programme work with the Italian team.

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