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'It is a small team, but Mascalzone Latino's Vincenzo Onorato has won every single race he has been involved with. They will surprise a few teams. They are much stronger than any of the smaller teams from last time,' says Bruno Troublé of Louis Vuitton.

MASCALZONE LATINO
Country: Italy
Yacht Club: RYC Canottieri Savoia
Syndicate Head: Vincenzo Onorato
Skipper: Paulo Cian
Design: Giovanni Ceccarelli
History: New challenge

INTERVIEW: SILVIO ARRIVABENE

Silvio Arrivabene is navigator with Italy's Mascalzone Latino syndicate and loves New Zealand’s seafood.

SEND A MASCALZONE LATINO POSTCARD

Want to support your favourite team? Create your own Mascalzone Latino e-postcard and send it to your friends! Or how about some Mascalzone Latino wallpaper on your desktop?

SEE WHERE MASCALZONE LATINO ARE BASED

Having all the Challengers housed together on syndicate row is a world first. Visit the American Express Viaduct Harbour and check out where Mascalzone Latino fit into the picture!

THE COMPETITION

The America's Cup regatta. What? Where? When?

THE CHALLENGERS

With the Louis Vuitton Cup predicted to be the best ever in its 149 year history. Who are the nine challengers?

THE DEFENDER

Team New Zealand, defender of the 2003 America's Cup. The Facts and Figures.

Italian syndicate Mascalzone Latino sails off Portoferraio, Tuscany, Italy. - click for more.

Sailing off Portoferraio, Italy before coming to New Zealand, Mascalzone Latino syndicate.

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Italy's second syndicate believes it has the right to call itself the only all-Italian challenge in this America's Cup. Shipping billionaire Vincenzo Onorato has put together a team of Italy's finest sailors and yacht designers for this one boat campaign. Skipper Paulo Cian is one of the Mediterranean's top match racers, and tactician Flavio Favini has won six world titles.

Mascalzone Latino (ITA-72) was launched in Naples in May - christened by Onorato's nine-month-old daughter Andrea. The team has been sailing off the island of Elba, pitting the skills of the new boat against the old Brava Espana from the 2000 Spanish challenge.


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Even the money behind the syndicate is pure lira. While Onorato, owner of shipping company Moby Lines, put up the initial finance, the major sponsor is TIM, Italy's one true national mobile phone company.

The name Mascalzone Latino means Latin Rascal, taken from the name of a song written in Naples - Onorato's home.

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