The countdown to the America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta in Naples has entered its final stage. Just days before racing begins on 24 September, Luna Rossa has announced the sailors selected for its sailing team in the Gulf of Naples. The Italian challenger will compete with two AC40s, bringing together internationally experienced sailors and some of the most promising young talents in the programme. The final line-ups may change from day to day, allowing the team to rotate its sailors and test different combinations during the competition.
⛵ America’s Cup: Luna Rossa unveils its crews for the Naples Preliminary Regatta
The countdown to the America’s Cup Preliminary Regatta in Naples has entered its final stage. Just days before racing begins on **24 September**, Luna Rossa has announced the sailors selected for its sailing team in the Gulf of Naples.
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The Italian challenger will compete with **two AC40s**, bringing together internationally experienced sailors and some of the most promising young talents in the programme.
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The final line-ups may change from day to day, allowing the team to rotate its sailors and test different combinations during the competition.
# 🔴 Luna Rossa 1 – Senior Team
The Senior Team includes **Peter Burling, Marco Gradoni and Ruggero Tita** as helmsmen, alongside trimmers **Maria Giubilei, Gianluigi Ugolini and Umberto Molineris**.
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The group combines extensive Olympic and America’s Cup experience and will play a key role in Luna Rossa’s preparations for the upcoming campaign.
# ⚪ Luna Rossa 2 – Youth & Women
The second crew features several emerging talents from the Youth & Women programme: **Margherita Porro, Massimiliano Antoniazzi, Lorenzo Sirena, Maria Vittoria Marchesini, Giovani Santi and Alice Linussi**.
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The line-up reflects Luna Rossa’s strategy of integrating younger sailors into the wider team and giving them valuable racing experience aboard the AC40.
# 🌊 Luna Rossa moves to Nisida
Ahead of the competition, Luna Rossa has also moved from its temporary base at **Palumbo Superyachts Refit**, which had hosted the team since 3 July, to its new operational base in **Nisida**.
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Training aboard the AC40s will continue there until racing gets underway.
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The Italian team has followed an intensive programme throughout the summer, combining AC40 training in Naples with its Youth & Women and Senior sailors while simultaneously continuing its AC75 programme in Cagliari.
# 🏆 A key test ahead of the 2027 America’s Cup
Sailing in the Gulf of Naples during the same period of the year in which the **38th America’s Cup will take place in 2027** provides the team with valuable experience.
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The sessions allow Luna Rossa to study the racecourse conditions, improve coordination between sailors and continue developing the next generation of athletes.
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The Naples Preliminary Regatta therefore represents an important step on the road towards 2027, offering the Italian challenger another opportunity to test its sailors, boats and organisation in the waters that will host the America’s Cup.
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**📅 Racing begins: 24 September 2026**
**📍 Naples – Gulf of Naples**
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