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Sail­ing Team Azzurra, Gaas­tra offi­cial sup­plier © Gaas­tra Inter­na­tional Sports­wear b.v.

This year anew, Gaas­tra sup­ports the leg­endary Ital­ian Sail­ing Team Azzurra: Equipped with pro­fes­sional sail­ing cloth­ing from the tech­ni­cal Gaas­tra Pro Sail­ing Gear and nau­ti­cal Sports­wear, Team Azzurra of the Yacht Club Costa Smer­alda sets course for the new inter­na­tional sail­ing sea­son 2012 with a new Azzurra TP52 class boat. Con­struc­tions have started last novem­ber 2011 in the Span­ish King Marina yacht build­ing ship­yard headed by King Marine’s man­ager and engi­neer Pablo San­tar­siero. The first TP52 regatta con­sti­tutes the Palma Vela 2012 as a tune up event, fol­lowed by the Conde de Godó Barcelona in may, the Sar­dinia Cup at home­like Porto Cervo in june, the Copa del Rey Palma in july and the Valen­cia Cup in october.

So, the rich Azzurra his­tory will be upheld with a new liv­ery this regatta sea­son: Founded in the early 80s by H.H. The Aga Khan and Gianni Agnelli, the Azzurra Sail­ing Team com­peted firstly in 1983 at the Louis Vuit­ton Cup New­port, fol­lowed by the Sail­ing World Cham­pi­onships 1985. The Azzurra Team aroused new enthu­si­asm for sail­ing sports in Italy. In a word: What Fer­rari is to For­mula 1 fans, Azzurra is to Ital­ian yacht­ing enthu­si­asts! The greater was the excite­ment, when the sail­ing team cel­e­brated its come­back after sev­en­teen years at the Louis Vuit­ton Tro­phy 2009 and recently won over at the Audi Med­Cup Cir­cuit 2011. We are look­ing for­ward to a new sea­son with sail­ing team Azzurra in pro­fes­sional Gaas­tra Sail­ing Gear and sporty Gaas­tra Sail­ing Fash­ion – Good Speed!