The 38th America's Cup: Naples 2027

“The human factor is as much an essential asset as training and research. You must have good judgment but you also have to be extremely responsive. You must be ready to react in critical situations, without losing sight of the final goal: victory…but not only victory…”

Patrizio Bertelli

THE 38th AMERICA’S CUP: NAPOLI 2027

After the excellent results achieved in the 36^th America’s Cup – presented by PRADA in 2021, and the 37^th America’s Cup held in 2024, Luna Rossa launched its seventh America’s Cup challenge for the oldest sporting trophy and the pinnacle of sailing, which, for the first time in its 176-year history, will take place in Italy, with Naples serving as the host city.

Being held in Italy is not the only new feature of the 2027 event, which has been renewed in several respects. From an organizational standpoint, the most significant change is the creation of the America’s Cup Partnership (ACP), an equal governance structure among the teams that will be responsible for all aspects of the event. From a sporting perspective, the format remains the same as in the previous edition, with the exception of fleet racing, which will be introduced alongside match racing in the Challenger Selection Series. In addition, at least one woman sailor will be required to be part of the AC75 crew. Naples will host the Challenger Selection Series and the America’s Cup Match, as well as a number of preliminary regattas and the Women’s and Youth events.

The Luna Rossa Team

THE LUNA ROSSA TEAM

The Luna Rossa team counts over 140 people, men and women, who work in various departments: design, sailing, shore, administration, communication, logistics and services; each of them plays an essential role, because in an America's Cup campaign every goal achieved is never the result of individual work but rather the outcome of a long and complex team effort.

Aboard the AC75 full-foiling monohull during the 38^th America’s Cup in 2027 will be five crew members, including at least one woman of the team’s nationality. An on-board guest will also be present, with no operational role.

Design team

Shore team

Sailing Team

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THE STORY OF LUNA ROSSA

In 2027, Luna Rossa celebrates 30 years of history, during which it has launched seven America’s Cup challenges, becoming the longest-standing challenger in the competition’s history. The team was established in Milan on a February evening in 1997 following an encounter between entrepreneur Patrizio Bertelli and Argentine yacht designer Germán Frers, who suggested launching a challenge for the 30^th America’s Cup in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2000. Luna Rossa sealed victories in two editions of the Challenger Selection Series – Louis Vuitton Cup 2000 and PRADA Cup 2021 – and has competed in the final five times. Since its debut, the team has witnessed and played a leading role in all the major transformations that have shaped the America’s Cup from a yacht design perspective, evolving from the IACC Class to multihulls and ultimately to the current foiling monohulls, with which it will compete in the 38^th America’s Cup in Naples, coinciding with its seventh campaign. On June 29, 2012, Patrizio Bertelli became the first Italian in history to be inducted in the America’s Cup Hall of Fame.

The Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team is animated by vision, expertise and passion in its goal to win the oldest trophy in the history of sport. The highest expression of sportsmanship and technological innovation, over the years the project has won the hearts and minds of Italians and of sailing enthusiasts around the world, earning unanimous international respect for its sporting nature both at sea and on land.