Yacht / Country : BRAVO ESPANA
Sail No ESP-47, ESP -52
Syndicate : Spanish Challenge
CEO : Pedro Campos
Yacht Club: Monte Real Club
de Yates de Bayona
Designer : Rolf Vrolijk
Javier Panies
Manuel Ruiz
Boat Builder : CADE
Skipper: Pedro Campos
Calvo-Sotelo
Luis Doreste
After 1992 and 1995, it was -like at Nippon
Challenge- the 3rd participation of the Spaniards
in an AC.
Skipper was again Pedro Campos, who
reinforced the team with the 2-time Olympic
gold medalist Luis Doreste.
With the multinational combine ENDESA
(electrical power supplier) the team won a
strong sponsor.
Designer of the ESP-47 was Rolf Vrolijk, who
worked 2003 and 2007 as chief designer for
Alinghi. ESP-56 is the reconstructed and newly
classified ESP-42 from 1995.
ESP-47 reached after RR33 in the LVC 2000 the
7th of 11 rankings.
ESP-47 BRAVO ESPANA challenger of the Louis Vuitton Cup 2000
After 1992 and 1995, it was the 3rd participation of the Spaniards in
an AC.
AMERICA’S CUP HISTORY 1983 - 2013
