Yacht / Country: Luna Rossa, / Italy
Sailnumber:
ITA-74 and ITA-80
Syndicate/Team: Prada Challenge
CEO:
Patrizio Bertelli
Yacht Club: Yacht Club Punta Ala
Design: Doug Peterson, German Frers Jr.
Boat Builder: Prada Green Marine
Skipper: Francesco de Angelis
Prada won the LVC 2000 with ITA-45, but had
no chance to win the America's Cup against
the supper boat NZL-60.
In the LVC 2003 Prada became Challenger of
Record.
Great attention of the medias raised the
dispute on the bow section between Bertelli
and the chief designer Doug Peterson
(Designer of the 1992 champion USA-23)
While all teams had adopted the double-kink-
bow of the AC winner NZL-60, Peterson
designed a spoon bow.
The result was that the designer left Prada.
The the bow section has been cut off and
replaced by different models 3 times between
the last LVC Rounds.
The leading boat builder Sean Regan explained
in an Interview with "Yachting World" step by
step how to remove and replace a bow by
another.
It also contains the important message
for any craftsman, "to measure 2 x
before to use the jigsaw."
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Prada won the Repechage Round of the semifinals against OneWorld Challenge
but missed the final.
Luna Rossa ITA-80 lost the Semifinal's Repechage Round of
the Louis Vuitton Cup 2003
Great attention of the medias raised the dispute on
the bow section between Bertelli and the chief designer
Doug Peterson
AMERICA’S CUP HISTORY 1983 - 2013
