DAN BERNASCONI (NZL)|
| | Nomination |
Somewhere along the line
someone important will have
said to Team New Zealand’s
head of design ‘Is this thing
actually going to work?’ on
seeing a first impression of the AC75. While
Guillaume Verdier and Benjamin Muyl had
the original idea, based on a smaller boat
they were working on, it was Bernasconi
the Cup Defender turned to when it came
to the heavy lifting. And all the time in the
background were the murmurs of doubt
coming from the Challenger of Record…
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| Why they won |
| If you’re gonna win, win big –
this month’s winner holds the
America’s Cup aloft in 2017.
‘Remarkable vision and courage
in design’ – Guy Haworth; ‘Go
for the tech guys, Kenny’s got
good boots!’ – Simon Strauss;
‘Daring and visionary – Dan has
opened up an entirely new art
of sailing’ – Andrew Bellamy;
‘The hand behind the throne?’
– Eric de Turckheim; ‘Dan
Bernasconi is simply the man
– one of the smartest guys in
the room’ – Blue Robinson. |
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