Official Audi Melges 20 Blog

It has been confirmed that Benedetto Giallongo’s Value Team, after a huge win in 2009, has moved his program to be with friends in Scarlino, where they will also take part in the Winter/Spring Championship organized by the Club Nautico.

“It was an easy choice. It is an ideal location for logistics on the ground and water. The Scarlino Navy will be providing several boats during the weekends, storage in protected areas. The location is quite spacious.” said Giallongo. “The breeze here is a guarantee and the perfect base between Northern and Southern Italy minimizing the cost for traveling to regattas. It is a really diverse location.”

Benedetto continued, “We will train here all winter up until March in which we hope to have another great 2010 sailing season that will contain as many as nine calendar events in Italy and the U.S. In July, you can guarantee that we will be at the Gold Cup to.”

The Audi Melges 20 Class if rapidly growing with as many as 40 boats expected on the starting line as early as next April. The European Fleet will open the 2010 Audi Melges 20 Sailing Series in Lerici.

Value Team has confirmed the same team in 2010 that raced in 2009. They will be training, learning more how to handle crew distribution on board and do not rule out a possible addition of a 4th crew member as successfully done in Monaco for the Primo Cup last February. They are aiming to do well once more in 2010.

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Piazzetta Italy Sailing Team