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The Team :
Since the last America's Cup, the Prada crew has been training
continuously, spending southern summers in
Auckland
and northern summers in Italy. |
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CEO & Chairman
: Patrizio Bertelli (ITA, Prada 2000)
General Manager : Giacomo Ovidi (ITA)
Operations Director : Laurent Esquier (FRA, Prada 2000) |
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Skipper/Helmsman:
Francesco de Angelis (ITA, Prada 2000)
Second Helmsmen: Rod Davis (NZL, Prada 2000), Gavin BRADY
(NZL, ex AmericaOne)
Tactician : Torben Grael (BRA, Prada 2000)
Navigator : Dario Malgarise (ITA, Prada 2000), Matteo Plazzi
(ITA, Prada 2000)
others : Francesco Bruni (ITA), Steve Erickson (USA, Prada
2000), Hartwell Jordan (USA) |
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Mainsail Trimmer
: Pietro d'Ali (ITA, Prada 2000)
Trimmers : Lars Borgstrom (ITA, Prada 2000), Daniele Bresciano
(ITA, Prada 2000), Sean Clarkson (NZL,
ex AmericaOne), Andrew Hemmings (GBR), Carter Perrin (USA,
ex AmericaOne), Lorenzo Mazza (ITA, Prada
2000)
Grinders : Massimo Galli (ITA, Prada 2000), Federico Giovannelli
(ITA), Emanuele Marino (ITA), Gilberto
Nobili (ITA), Romolo Ranieri (ITA, Prada 2000), Piero Romeo
(ITA, Prada 2000), Nicolas Texier (FRA, ex
Le Défi)
Pitmen : Thomas Burnham (USA, ex Young America), Cristian
Griggio (ITA, Prada 2000), Michele Ivaldi (ITA,
Prada 2000), Albert Jacobsoone (FRA, ex Le Défi)
Mastman : Simone de Mari (ITA, Prada 2000), Massimo Gherarducci
(ITA)
Bowmen : Massimiliano Sirena (ITA, Prada 2000), Alberto Barovier
(ITA), Paolo Bassani (ITA, Prada 2000),
David Blanchfield (AUS, ex Aloha) |
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The Boats :
Prada
is obviously a two-boats Challenge. Doug Peterson is in charge
of design, and for the third Cup in a row,
he's working with CFD specialist David Egan. |
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Design Director
: Doug Peterson (USA, Prada 2000)
Technology Director : David Egan (NZL, Prada 2000)
Design and boat building co-ordinations : David Alan-Williams
(GBR, Prada 2000)
Designers : Andrea Avaladi (ITA, Prada 2000), Alessandro Benigni
(ITA, Prada 2000), William Brooks (GBR,
Prada 2000), Steve Calder (USA, ex Young America), Mattia
Carpini (ITA), Guido Cavalazzi (ITA, ex Prada
2000), Miguel Costa (ARG, Prada 2000), Michele Dell'Acqua
(ITA), Luca Donna (ITA), Scott Fergusson (USA,
ex Young America), Ian Howlett (GBR), Michel Kermarec (FRA,
ex Le Défi), Juan Kouyoumdjian (FRA, ex Le
Défi), Claudio Maletto (ITA, Prada 2000), Jed Lowry
(USA, ex America3), Juan Meseguer Torregrossa (ESP),
Paolo Pierotto (ITA), Giogio Provinciali (ITA), Bruce Sutphen
(USA, Prada 2000) |
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Boatyard
Director : Laurenzo Puccini (ITA, Prada 2000) |
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Trial boats : 2 Luna
Rossa (ITA-45 and ITA-48) and 2 Young America (USA-53 and
USA-58)
IACC 2003 : ITA 74 & 80 |
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Budget
: In its second incarnation, Prada Team
is another $50 million campaign, with the money directed less
at start-up
costs and more at development. |
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