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

Italians Back at It

	©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 http://www.capitalia.it

Official Supplier:
Kappa http://www.kappa.com

Technical Supplier:
Enervit http://www.enervit.com/