New Luna Rossa berthed in Valencia

Luna Rossa's ITA 94 berthed in Valencia

The comings and goings of boats centre the interest of the teams inside the Port America’s Cup. Whilst on Friday the two boats of Victory Challenge left for Dubai, this morning Luna Rossa’s new boat arrived in Valencia.
The ITA 94 - with which the Italians will compete during the 2007 season - has arrived at its destination without complications after more than 5 days of travelling. The Italian boat departed from the shipyard where it had been built in Nembro (Bergamo, Italy), on 13th December and has arrived this morning in Valencia by truck after a stop in Tarragona.
ITA 94 is Luna Rossa’s second boat for the 32nd America’s Cup. Until now, they have been competing with their previous boat ITA 86. Now after 3 years of investigation and hard work they will start the new season with a performing new boat, thanks to the effort of more than 20 people from their design team.
Claudius Maletto, designer of the ITA 94, has commented that the boat is "radically different from the previous one, with respect to the aesthetics one can definitely appreciate the evolution of the lines of the hull".
Luna Rossa has tentatively scheduled the launching of the boat in its base of the Port America’s Cup in Valencia this coming January.

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