Mascalzone Latino is a
yacht racing
Yacht racing is a sailing sport involving sailing yachts and larger sailboats, as distinguished from dinghy racing, which involves open boats. It is composed of multiple yachts, in direct competition, racing around a course marked by buoys or ...
team that competes in
America's Cup style sailing out of the
yacht club
A yacht club is a sports club specifically related to yachting.
Description
Yacht clubs are mostly located by the sea, although there some that have been established at a lake or riverside locations. Yacht or sailing clubs have either a mar ...
Club Nautico di Roma
Club Nautico di Roma is a private yacht club located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in November 2006. It promotes and organizes various water-sports related events, in sailing, motor boating, fishing and scuba diving.
History
Club Nautico di Rom ...
.
2007
Known as Mascalzone Latino-Capitalia Team and at that time also representing
Reale Yacht Club Canottieri Savoia Reale is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Damien Reale (born 1981), Irish hurler
*David Reale (born 1984), Canadian actor
*Enzo Reale (born 1991), French footballer
*Federigo Reale, 19th-century Italian painter
*Giovanni Reale ( ...
, the team first competed at the
Louis Vuitton Cup 2007
The 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup held in Valencia, Spain, from April 16 to June 6 was the event used to select the challenger for the 2007 America's Cup. Eleven potential challengers competed in the competition which consisted of two round robins, ...
, the challenger series held prior to the
2007 America's Cup
The 2007 America's Cup was the thirty-second challenge for the America's Cup and was won by Alinghi in the 7th race. The Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta and '' Match Race'' in the sport of sailing.
As per the Deed of Gift o ...
.
Louis Vuitton Trophy
They intended to compete in the
Louis Vuitton Pacific Series
The Louis Vuitton Pacific Series was a match race regatta in America's Cup Class yachts in Auckland, New Zealand during January and February 2009. Racing started on 30 January. The Louis Vuitton Pacific Series was organised in association with ...
in 2009 but withdrew due to financial concerns.
The team then became involved in the
Louis Vuitton Trophy
The Louis Vuitton Trophy was a series of four match race regattas in International America's Cup Class boats, held between November 2009 and November 2010.
The Louis Vuitton Trophy was organised after the success of the Louis Vuitton Pacific Se ...
and provided ITA-90 and ITA-99 for the first event in
Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard dialect, Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agg ...
. Mascalzone Latino will host the third event in
La Maddalena
La Maddalena (Gallurese: ''Madalena'' or ''La Madalena'', sc, Sa Madalena) is a town and ''comune'' located on the islands of the Maddalena archipelago in the province of Sassari, northern Sardinia, Italy.
The main town of the same name is loca ...
,
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...
in co-operation with the
Reale Yacht Club Canottieri Savoia Reale is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Damien Reale (born 1981), Irish hurler
*David Reale (born 1984), Canadian actor
*Enzo Reale (born 1991), French footballer
*Federigo Reale, 19th-century Italian painter
*Giovanni Reale ( ...
.
2010
In February 2010 the team announced it cooperation with German automobile manufacturer and long supporter of sailing activities
Audi
Audi AG () is a German automotive manufacturer of luxury vehicles headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. As a subsidiary of its parent company, the Volkswagen Group, Audi produces vehicles in nine production facilities worldwide.
Th ...
34th America's Cup
On February 15, 2010
Golden Gate Yacht Club
The Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) is a San Francisco, California, U.S. based yacht club founded in 1939.
History
In 1939 the first members built a clubhouse on a barge in the San Francisco Marina. After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake severely ...
announced that they had accepted a challenge from
Club Nautico di Roma
Club Nautico di Roma is a private yacht club located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in November 2006. It promotes and organizes various water-sports related events, in sailing, motor boating, fishing and scuba diving.
History
Club Nautico di Rom ...
for the
America's Cup.
Club Nautico di Roma
Club Nautico di Roma is a private yacht club located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in November 2006. It promotes and organizes various water-sports related events, in sailing, motor boating, fishing and scuba diving.
History
Club Nautico di Rom ...
are the Challenger of Record for the
34th America's Cup
The 34th America's Cup was a series of yacht races held in San Francisco Bay on September 2013. The series was contested between the defender Oracle Team USA representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club, and the challenger Emirates Team New Zealan ...
and will be represented by their sailing team Mascalzone Latino.
On May 12, 2011,
Vincenzo Onorato announced that he was withdrawing Mascalzone Latino from the
34th America's Cup
The 34th America's Cup was a series of yacht races held in San Francisco Bay on September 2013. The series was contested between the defender Oracle Team USA representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club, and the challenger Emirates Team New Zealan ...
, citing challenges in agreeing with their sponsors on a budget sufficient to fund a competitive team.
See also
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Italy at the America's Cup
Since the 1980s, Italy has been a serious challenge contender for the America's Cup. Italian teams have won the Challenger Selection Series three times: the Louis Vuitton Cup in 1992 with Il Moro di Venezia, in 2000 with Luna Rossa and the Prad ...
References
External links
Official Website
{{LouisVuitton 2007
America's Cup teams
International America's Cup Class
2002 establishments in Italy