AMERICA'S CUP WS NAPLES 2012 - 2013
Antonio Nappi was responsible for the "America's Cup Event Authority" (ACEA, the company organizing the 34th America's Cup) for the identification, selection and coordination of the Italian staff involved in supporting the regattas.
«In all these years of the America's Cup, we have never seen a show like the one in Naples and that is why we want to return». This was said from the stage of the award ceremony for the winners of the Naples leg of the America's Cup World Series, the race director, Iain Murray.
In the spaces set up around the stage, there were about 10 thousand people present. Over the course of the entire week - the organizers say - there were over a million people present in the spaces set up to host the event. Yesterday, again according to data from the organization, there were 300 thousand people who, over the course of the day, animated the spaces of the «Village». Same numbers today. "Il Mattino" of Naples.
The AC45 class catamarans used to compete in the World Series regattas are multihull sailing boats with hydrodynamic and aerodynamic profiles specifically designed by Mike Drummond and the Oracle Racing design team. The AC45s are considered to be the smaller version of the AC72 multihulls that will be used in competitions starting in August 2012. The AC45 class has the following technical specifications:
- hull length: 13.45 m
- maximum width: 6.90 m
- weight: 1,400 kg
- maximum draft: 2.7 m
- mast height: 21.5 m without extension and 25.5 m with extension
- wing: 20 m high and 83.5 m² surface area
- extension: 4 m high, 8.7 m² surface area
- jib surface area: 48 m²
- gennaker surface area: 125 m²
- crew: 5 people
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