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T
he starter were the World Series races,
the first course will be the Prada Cup were
challengers will be selected, and the final
course will be the America's Cup. We will
know in a little while whether the large sai
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ling community enjoyed the dinner. In the meantime,
however, the preview we had has been rich and exci-
ting, at times even controversial.
There was much skepticism, even among Italians,
about the chances of Luna Rossa, but a couple of
encounters with Luna Rossa ahead of her oppo
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nents, during the first nights spent in front of the live
race broadcasts on TV, were enough to bring back
old emotions. This Cup may not be as "hu-man" as
it once was - there are no longer sails to hoist and
lower - but Italians found it hard to main-tain their
indifferent poise seeing a boat sporting the Italian
flag on her stern surge ahead.
The man at the wheel is also Italian and the boat was
built by Persico Marine based in Nembro, Bergamo,
an international leader in high-tech construction ap
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plied to the world of sailing boats.
by Matteo Penna
