Prada Cup launch event at Yacht Club de Monaco

Friday, November 30th, 2018

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Challenger of Record Luna Rossa presented the new trophy, the Prada Cup, at a stylish event with a slick hologram show. The first America’s Cup World Series regatta will be held in Cagliari, Sardinia in October 2019. Specific dates were not given. No word about dates or locations of the other ACWS event, although Laurent Esquier, CEO of COR36, has said previously that two events will be held in Italy in 2019.

No new challengers were announced at the event, but rumors continue to fly that there will be one or more additional teams. INEOS Team UK Sailing Team Manager Jono Macbeth said in this interview (click) that there will be “four or five” AC75’s on the water at the first AC World Series.

Hostess Charlie Webster and Luna Rossa’s Max Sirena interviewed Jimmy Spithill and Nico Brezzi from Cagliari with Jimmy and Nico “on stage” as live holograms. Click here to see a short clip of the interview.

Jack Griffin got the best seat at dinner alongside Peter Burling

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