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Il Moro Challenge was a 1992 Italian America's Cup team headed by industrialist Raul Gardini.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=1992-Il Moro Di Venezia V )〕 The team won the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup but failed to win the 28th America's Cup. ==Early years== International America’s Cup Class boats (IACC) were a completely new design in 1992, replacing the 12 Meter boats that had competed for the America's Cup from 1958 to 1987.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=A New Generation – The ACC )〕 Gardini brought together an international group of designers, managers and sailors in his attempt to win the America's Cup. The primary designer was Argentine architect German Frers assisted by American Robert Hopkins. The yard director was Portuguese Fernando Sena, the operations manager was Frenchman Laurent Esquier and the skipper was French-American Paul Cayard.〔 Design work began at the end of 1988 and construction of the first Il Moro started in 1990. ''Il Moro di Venezia I'' (ITA-1) was the very first hull built for the new generation (IACC) rule, and was launched on 11 March 1990 in Venice. ''Il Moro di Venezia II'' (ITA-7) was launched on 7 August 1990 in Palma de Mallora, followed by ''Il Moro di Venezia III'' (ITA-15) launched on 15 April 1991 in San Diego, ''Il Moro di Venezia IV'' (ITA-16) launched on 15 June 1991 in San Diego and finally, ''Il Moro di Venezia V'' (ITA-25) launched on 16 December 1991 in San Diego.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Il Moro Challenge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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