Teams
The Yacht Club Punta Ala was the challenger of record.
GBR Challenge
Put together by Peter Harrison and New Zealander David Barnes, the team was skippered by Ian Walker and included Jim Turner. [2] [3] GBR 70 was known as Wight Lightning while GBR 78 was called Wight Magic.
Mascalzone Latino
Headed by shipping magnate Vincenzo Onorato, Mascalzone Latino featured an all-Italian crew. The syndicate was only established in 2001 and Paolo Cian served as helmsman and the crew included Flavio Favini, [5] Shannon Falcone, [6] Giuseppe Brizzi, [7] Davide Scarpa, [8] and Pierluigi De Felice. [9] and Francesco De vita
OneWorld
Part-financed by Microsoft mogul Paul Allen, OneWorld was based in Seattle. Skippered by Peter Gilmour, the team was docked one Louis Vuitton point by an arbitration panel for being in possession of design secrets from another team. [10]
The design team included Laurie Davidson, Bruce Nelson and Phil Kaiko and the sailing team included 10 Olympic medallists, three round-the-world winners, 60 world championship titles in various classes, and 16 America's Cup winners. [11]
The crew included Kevin Shoebridge as a trimmer, Mark Mendelblatt as backup helmsman, Kevin Hall, Rick Dodson, [12] David Endean, Grant Spanhake, Peter Waymouth, Matt Mason, [6] Joey Newton, [6] James Spithill, Jeremy Scantlebury, Alan Smith, [13] Andy Fethers, Andrew Taylor, Scott Crawford, [14] and Olympians Craig Monk, Don Cowie, Ben Ainslie, Kelvin Harrap, Charles and Jonathan McKee. [15] [16] [17] [18]
Prada Challenge
Founded by Patrizio Bertelli, Prada's crew included members of the 2000 Young America syndicate. They were again skippered by Francesco de Angelis and Rod Davis, Pietro D'Alì, Thomas Burnham, Hartwell Jordan, Piero Romeo, [22] Gavin Brady, [23] Francesco Bruni, Andrew Hemmings, Steven Erickson, Matteo Plazzi, [24] Gilberto Nobili, [6] Massimo Gherarducci, Alberto Barovier, [25] and Torben Grael were in the crew. [26] [27]
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