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The finals of the 36th America’s Cup pit the defending champion Emirates Team New Zealand against the contending crew of Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli from Italy.
The best-of-13 battle, sailed in waters off the coast of Auckland, also pits University of Southampton graduates against each other as alumni feature in both teams. Luna Rossa’s Construction Manager is Julian Meunier who completed his MSc in Maritime Engineering, Yacht and Small Craft in 2007 at Southampton and one of the team’s Aerodynamic Analysts is Nicholas Carabelli who graduated with the same degree in 2018.
The design of Team New Zealand’s entry Te Rehautai – which means ‘sea spra’ in Maori – has been led by Technical Director and Southampton graduate Dan Bernasconi. He’s joined at Team New Zealand by fellow Southampton alumni Thomas Khyn, another MSc Maritime, Yacht and Small Craft graduate from 2007, and Guillaume Verdier who studied Naval Architecture and graduated in 1995.