Compagnia della Vela will welcome the America’s Cup World Series in one of the most popular Mediterranean yacht charter destinations – Venice, Italy in May. The yacht club has revealed a program of four conferences, during which some of the best international sailing players will speak about their experience in the America’s Cup world.

The Grand Canal in Venice

“It’s in the style of the Compagnia della Vela to work on every opportunity to bring sailing to a wider audience,” says Vice President Piero Pellegrini. “The America’s Cup has always been the most important event for sailing, a place where the development of materials and advanced technologies in the field of boat building is the norm. And for Compagnia della Vela, the America’s Cup takes us back to all the emotions of the Il Moro di Venezia.”

On February 25th, Cino Ricci and Mauro Pelaschier, skipper and helmsman of the sailing yacht Azzurra, the first italian challenge, will remember their adventure in the America’s Cup. They will be joined by Bruno Troublé, skipper of the France 3 yacht in Newport in 1977, 80 and 83, and creator of the Louis Vuitton Cup. The forum will be hosted by Antonio Vettese.

On March 10th Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot Prevost, along with Dirk Kramers, Silvio Arrivabene – responsible for the construction of the yacht Alinghi 5 – and Fernando Sena, former director of the Tencara shipyard at the time of Il Moro di Venezia, will take the stage. The conference will be hosed by Sebastiano Morassutti.

The third meeting, scheduled in the first half of April, will be dedicated to remembering the dream of the sailing yacht Il Moro di Venezia. In the new location of San Giorgio will gather some of the protagonists of the team: the helmsman and skipper Paul Cayard, the tactician Tommaso Chieffi, the designer German Frers and the team’s official photographer Carlo Borlenghi, who will remember the experience of Il Moro through a series of video images.

Just few day before the beginning of the America’s Cup World Series, on Friday May 11th, the last conference will focus on what happens next. Through the words of Russell Coutts, CEO of ORACLE Racing, John Craig, chairman of the Race Committee of the America’s Cup World Series, and Tom Ehman, Vice Commodore of the Golden Gate Yacht Club, the focus will be on the 34th America’s Cup.

All conferences will be held in Venice, at the Centro Sportivo d’Eccellenza on the island of San Giorgio, starting from 18.30 and will be open to all, with registration, until the hall is full.