PRADA Cup at the Venice Boat Show

America’s Cup will also be among the important heroes of the 2021 Venice Boat Show. In fact, two members of the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team arrived in Venice, which kept Italy in suspense during its many winter nights. The Italian team won the PRADA Cup, the Challenger’s Choice race, and then brought Emirates Airline New Zealand into an unprecedented duel, one of the most exciting duels in history. Max Serena – Team Manager, Gilberto Nobili – Director of Operations will be present in Venice with the trophy it won in Auckland, along with Tommaso Chevy – Tactic Moore of Venice and a member of several Cup campaigns, will also be the modern champions of a show about the ‘America’s Cup’ … a meeting not to be missed “entitled:” Luna Rossa and Moore of Venice, the Great Italian Adventures in the America’s Cup “, moderator of the session, António Vitesse.

Venice is one of the reference cities for the PRADA group, where there is also one of the headquarters of the Prada Foundation, dedicated to contemporary art. As Venetian Mayor Luigi Brugnaro declared: “Venice begins again and with it the entire nation in the year it celebrates 1,600 years and returns as Queen of the Sea from May 29 to June 6. In Venice, we are planning a new relationship with the sea, and sports. The great adventures of Luna Rossa and Moore Venice are a coherent and important testimony. ”

Max Serena (pictured), born in 1971, one of the most famous Italian sailors in the world, captain of Luna Rossa, 36th American Cup competitor, said: “I was born in the Adriatic Sea, and I often raced in these waters at the start of my career and kept Always with my fond memories even when I’m as far away as Auckland.The rifle and its arsenal actually remain unique in terms of beauty and content and also have important value for Prada, which has one of the headquarters of its art foundation here. I am delighted to introduce the PRADA Cup for the first time to the public. Italian ». Gilo Nobili, in turn, offers a remarkable approach. He won the Cup three times in 2010 and 2013 with Oracle and in 2017 with Emirates Airline New Zealand. On the other hand, Tommaso Chevy is the Italian sailor who has won the most world and Italian titles. He started the championship. World 470 and has not stopped since.On his first Cup appearance, he was at the helm of Italy, a rival to the Italian Yachting Club in the 1987 edition in Perth Australia, and was a tactician at Il Moro di Venezia in 1992, at the Oracle in 2003, and still a tactical expert on Shosholoza in 2007.

During the Venice event, the PRADA Cup – the cup created by Florence silversmiths from the idea of ​​Australian designer Marc Newson – will be shown for the first time in Italy, and in public places outside New Zealand. The appointment is at 6 pm on Saturday the 29th at Arsenale Area Scali – Submarine and on social media and YouTube channels from the Venice Boat Show.

The program of events and the list of exhibitors is available on the website: www.salonenautico.venezia.it

De Daniela Pattis Montagner