SUI-64 Alinghi first European winner of an AC after 152 years
Yacht / Country : “ALINGHI “ / CH
Sailnumber : SUI 64
Syndicate : Team Alinghi
CEO : Ernesto Bertarelli
Yacht Club : Societe Nautique de Geneve
Design : Grant Simmer, Rolf Vrolijk
Boat Builder : Decision SA, CH
Skipper : Russel Coutts
The British magazine Yachting World described Alinghis CEO
Ernesto Bertarelli as “one of this second generation
phenomenon turning his fathers traditional pharmaceutical
company into a biotech powerhouse.” (Remark: which
he sold later at a very profitable price.)
In the same stile he founded and organized his team Alinghi.
He collected a top team including Russel Coutts, Brad
Butterworth and others who know for example the wind
situation in the Hauraki Gulf very well.
Grant Simmer , Rolf Vrolijk and others of the design team constructed a top yacht.After the not very
successful team FAST 2000 with SUI-59 “Be Happy”, Alinghi became 3 years later the second Swiss team
challenging for the AC, which they won with SUI-64.
The first time after 152 years the America’s Cup returned to Europe.
At the "unveiling day" when all its
participants must show the
substructure of their yachts,the
Swiss painted as fun a cow on the
keel.
AMERICA’S CUP HISTORY 1983 - 2013
