Bertelli and Sirena together again (happy and successful)

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Porto Santo Stefano, Italy - June 18, 2016 - Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge 2016 - Argentario sailing Week 2016 - Patrizio Bertelli head of Luna Rossa on his vintage boat Linnet with Max Sirena, skipper of Luna Rossa and crew. Ph: Guido Cantini / Panerai / SeaSee.com

That’s right. As this photo documents, the couple formed by Max Sirena and Patrizio Bertelli has reassembled. Unfortunately, we are not (yet) aboard Luna Rossa, but on Linnet, a splendid auric cutter that Mr. Prada restored 18 years ago, and with which the Tuscan entrepreneur, together with the current team manager of Emirates Team New Zealand, won Argentario Sailing Week in the Vintage + 200 category. And do you know who is that gentleman in the plaid shirt on the side of Bertelli? His name is Vasco Donnini, and he is the “Tuscan” who taught Bertelli how to boat, on the sixth IOR classes, so many years ago. Donnini is famous for his very fast boats “rigged” by him for offshore racing, such as the CBS 7.50 Tuscany and the Etchells 22 Maremma. This trio, representing three generations of sailors (and the history of Bertelli’s sailing life: Donnini is his “putative dad,” Sirena his “dolphin”), performed well at Argentario: Linnet triumphed propelled by the mistral.

INTERVIEW WITH MAX SIREN

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Linnet is an auric cutter, born in America at the Herreshoff shipyard, is the tenth of 18 hulls built and belonging to the Nyyc 30 (New York Yacht Club 30) class. The number 30 indicates the minimum waterline length, expressed in feet. The boat arrived in Italy thanks to Federico Nardi, director and partner of Cantiere Navale dell’Argentario in Porto Santo Stefano, Tuscany. Here she was fully restored on behalf of Patrizio Bertelli, whose Prada company would later be associated with the vintage sail racing circuit for six years (1999 to 2004). Linnet started sailing again in 1998. She placed second in class at Argentario Sailing Week in 2002 and 2003, finally managed to win it this year. Today there are about ten Nyyc 30s still sailing.

THAT MISTRAL AT ARGENTARIO

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Mistral starred at Argentario Sailing Week, the second leg of the Mediterranean Circuit of the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge. Forty classic hulls from eight nations competed in challenging conditions. The final result confirmed the eve’s predictions with all the best crews taking the top step of the podium. Success, then, for Linnet by Patrizio Bertelli in the Vintage + 200 category with Max Sirena, Vasco Donnini, Vasco Donnini, Giulio Giovannella, Paolo Bassani, Giovanni Tognozzi and Giulio Bertelli on board; for Ivan Gardini, owner and helmsman of Naif, in the Classics – 160 category; Leonore with Mauro Pelaschier at the helm in the Vintage – 160 class with a super crew on board including Enrico Passoni from Rome and former America’s Cup sailors Daniele Gabrielli and Mauro Piani. In the Vintage – 200 class the final success is Skylark of 1937, while Madifra wins in the Classics + 160 and Raindrop the Wianno by Yula Sambuy with Vittorio Mariani on board, is in first place in the Spirit of Tradition category. Officine Panerai’s special awards were given to Overall winners in the Classic, Vintage and Spirit of Tradition categories. The results are valid for the final ranking of the Panerai Classic Yacht Challenge Trophy. Thus winning the Officine Panerai watch: Ivan Gardini on Naif in the Classics, Yula Sambuy owner and helmswoman of Raindrop in the Spirit of Tradition category, and White Oyster on Skylark of 1937 in the Vintage category.

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