1983 - Azzurra - I 4 1983 - Azzurra - I 4
On Saturday, June 18th, 1983, Italy made a spectacular entrance to the America’s Cup arena in Newport. Azzurra I 4, the elegant 12-metre from the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS) skippered by Cino Ricci and helmed by Mauro Pelaschier, won its first race by beating the French champion France 3 F 3 sailed by Bruno Troubl by 1 minute and 34 seconds in the opening race of the Louis Vuitton Cup.
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1876 - Madeleine 1876 - Madeleine 
“Madeleine leads the squadron into port!” In 1873, Jacob B. Voorhis’ centerboard schooner impressed many with its performances against the New York Yacht Club fleet. Among other exploits, this was the year when Madeleine won the two most desired trophies reserved for schooners, the Bennett and the Douglas Cups. Madeleine’s domination was such that during the following season, Voorhis gave up racing his boat because nobody wanted to sail against him. He was forced to follow the summer NYYC Annual Cruise, but even using just his working sails, it was necessary to slow down so as not to pass the others.
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ITA 86 arrives in Valencia ITA 86 arrives in Valencia
The first new boat of the Italian Luna Rossa challenge has arrived in Valencia. After leaving last week on a ship, ITA 86 was transferred to the base by truck early in the evening.
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1870 - Cambria 1870 - Cambria 
“I have always regarded the model of Cambria as one of the finest in the very fine collection in the model room of the New York Yacht Club. I was on board her during several of her races and I think her failure to win was due to clumsiness of rig rather than to a defect in the model.”
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+39 Challenge - An Olympian effort +39 Challenge - An Olympian effort
The Italian +39 Challenge, the first squad to join BMW ORACLE Racing as official challengers for the 32nd America’s Cup can look back on the 2005 season as the year this new team proved it can compete at the Cup. The team struggled in the 2004 Louis Vuitton Acts; its performance was clearly that of a rookie squad fighting just to get the boat around the race course. But in 2005, +39 showed it has improved to the point that it can win races.
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