Sardinia Cup 2002

Porto Cervo, 17th September 2002

Press Release Sardinia 1

With the first races, the thirteenth edition of the Sardinia Cup 2002 will officially start tomorrow, the 18th of September. The Sardinia Cup is considered one of the most important events at an international level where many top athletes participate.

The Sardinia Cup was created by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in 1978.The prestigious trophy, awarded by His Highness the Aga Khan (who is also the President of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda) is given to the strongest of the teams participating. The 2002 edition of the Sardinia Cup is a little different from the past editions: no more there are three boats participating in each group for each nation: this year every group is made up of two boats: one Farr 40 One Design and one IMS yacht. Surely the great yachts that will definitely make this event special are “BravaQ8”, “Breeze”, “Mandrake”, “Pinta” and “Dida V” (in 1978 this last one won the first edition of the Sardinia Cup for the Italian team with “Yena” and “Vanina”) and of course King of Spain Juan Carlos’ s “Bribon”, last edition’s winner.

It was “Bribon” for Spain who first entered this edition of the Sardinia Cup 2002, along with the other teams coming from Germany, USA, Holland, Norway, and, of course, Italy.

Of course, with such an event, many top level athletes can’t be forgotten. Among some of the most competitive sailors participating are Vascotto on “Italtel”, Antonio Sodo Migliori aboard “Wind”, Michael Illbruck with “Nela”, Pasquale Landolfi (along with his inseparable Massimo Mezzaroma) on “BravaQ8”, Alberto Signorini aboard “Giacomelli Sport”, George Andreadis on “Atalanti XI” and of course Juan Carlos on his “Bribon”.

Tomorrow, the event begins with two races, both upwind/downwind.