Luna Rossa won in Naples. The Olympic classes built the boat.
The trimmers
In May, Gianluigi Ugolini and Maria Giubilei won the Nacra 17 World Championship in Quiberon. Four months later they trimmed the AC40 that topped the fleet racing by 15 points and beat Emirates Team New Zealand by 17 seconds in the final. Freddie Carr, who spends his races watching the traveller, said Giubilei looked like one of the best sail trimmers in the fleet.
The top three Luna Rossa, Emirates Team New Zealand and La Roche-Posay all built their crews from the same two classes. Ten of the twelve sailors on those boats came through the 49er or the Nacra 17. The 49er supplied the helms in Burling, Outteridge and Botín. The Nacra 17 supplied most of the trimmers.
The women The Nacra 17 has carried a woman in every crew since 2016. Ten years on, Giubilei trimmed the winning senior boat on a crew with no gender quota, Erica Dawson won the Women & Youth division and Margherita Porro skippered Luna Rossa 2. Read the full article on below:
