Young Azzurra's Italy will also be there, at the final stage of the Youth Foiling Gold Cup, which from tomorrow will make Cagliari the stage of the Persico 69F, a monotype as small as it is fast, one of the last born in the generation of foiling sailing. Guests of the Windsurfing Club Cagliari, the eight teams began training in front of the Poetto on Sunday, cutting the sea with their sharp and black hulls. From tomorrow, things get serious with the first phase of the event created as an alternative to the Youth America's Cup, as a testing ground and training for young talents under 25.
Azure. The yacht Club Costa Smeralda's standard-bearer boat, with four victories in the Grand Prix Persico 69F Cup behind it, ranks on board Ettore Botticini at the helm, Federico Colaninno at the mainsail while Francesca Bergamo and Erica Ratti alternate in the role of flight controller. To guide them, the coach Gabriele Bruni.
The program. The Youth Foiling Gold Cup Act 3 is divided into a first qualifying phase (21-25 October) followed by the knock outs (26-29 October) and the final of the stage (29-31 October). At the end of the stage, from 1st to 3rd November, the final of the whole circuit will take place.