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Team Site
President:
Vicenzo Onorato
Sailing Team Manager:
Cameron Dunn
Design Staff:
Principal Designer:
Harry Dunning
Chris Mairs
Daniel Harris
Duncan MacLane
Fabrizio Marabini
Giovanni Cassinari
Joe Laiosa
Marco Savelli
Mark McCafferty
Rodrigo Quesada
Silvio Arrivabene
Will Brooks
Sail Designer:
Marco Savelli
Sailors:
Skipper and Tactician:
Vasco Vascotto
Helmsman:
Flavio Favini
Strategist:
Cameron Dunn
Navigator:
Nacho Postigo
Afterguard:
Vincenzo Onorato
Luca Albarelli
Silvio Arrivabene
Matteo Auguadro
Alberto Barovier
Lars Borgrstrom
Cesare Bozzetti
Santino Giuseppe Brizzi
Maciel Cicchetti
Marco Constant
Pierluigi De Felice
Daniele De Luca
Chris Dougall
Giulio Giovanella
Jes Gram-Hansen
Flavio Grassi
Cristian Griggio
Rasmus Kostner
Pietro Mantovani
Fabrizio Marabini
Andrea Mocchetto
Marco Montis
Edoardo Natucci
Michele Paoletti
Massimo Paradiso
Andrea Pavan
Nicola Pilastro
Angelo Romanengo
Miguel Sanchez-Cuenca
Davide Scarpa
Mark Sheffield
Guido Antar Vigna
Training Base:
Valencia
Sponsors
Major Sponsor: Capitalia
Official Supplier:
Kappa
Technical Supplier:
Enervit
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Italians Back at It
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©2005 ACM/Photo:
Carlo Borlenghi |
Announced as an
official challenger March 23, 2005. Major sponsor Italian
banking firm Capitalia. The team is again representing Real
YC Canottieri Savoia. Their official announcement included
the news that they had acquired the two Stars & Stripes boats,
USA-66 and USA-77, from Team Dennis Conner. Mascalzone has
modified those boats to meet version 5 of the ACC rule and will
be racing USA-77 at all of the 2005 Louis Vuitton Acts.
Owner Vincenzo
Onorato said in 2003 that the Latin Rascals will return for 2007,
this time aiming to win.
"...I am convinced that our country is ready
and mature enough now to win the America's Cup." ---
Vincenzo Onorato
At the end of the
2005 Louis Vuitton Acts the team released Hamish Pepper, as well
as Tom Weaver (Team Manager).
Older history:
Announced June 12th, 2004, that Vasco Vascotto and Flavio Favini
will return to lead the afterguard. Some notable departures
rumored, including Paolo Cian. Italy's
La Gazetta dello Sport, April, 2004, said that John
Cutler was moving from K-Challenge to sign with Mascalzone.
Reports in the Spanish press in July 2004 hinted at an
arrangement involving Spain's Pedro Campos combining efforts with
Mascalzone and some form of sponsorship from Spanish sources. A
statement published in Scuttlebutt #1640, August 5, 2004, said
that an agreement between Campos and Mascalzone Latino had not
been yet been reached, but still kept alive the possibility of a
"Mas Latino" extra-national team. Mascalzone was reportedly
represented at the April, 2004, challenger meetings by Tom
Weaver, John Cutler, and Vasco Vascotto.
Boats:
ITA-66
Originally USA-66 (Stars&Stripes - Team Dennis Conner).
Built 2002 New England Boatworks, designed by Reichel-Pugh.
Reverse-angle "canoe bow". Modified by MLCT to v5 and used in
training against ITA-77.
ITA-77
Originally USA-77 (Stars&Stripes - Team Dennis Conner).
Built 2002 New England Boatworks, designed by Reichel-Pugh.
Reverse-angle "canoe bow". Sank during training off Long
Beach, CA, July 2002. Modified by MLCT to v5 and raced in 2005
Louis Vuitton Acts.
Other boats:
MLCT is the last reported owner of two earlier ACC's: ITA-55 (the
former Stars&Stripes boat from 2000, via OneWorld) and ITA-47
(the former Bravo Espana boat from 2000). Mascalzone
Latino's 2003 boat, ITA-72, is now UITG's GER-72.
Major Sponsor:
Capitalia Grupo Nacario
Official
Supplier:
Kappa
http://www.kappa.com
Technical
Supplier:
Enervit
http://www.enervit.com/ |
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