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INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES SAILING CHALLENGE

1001VELACUP. UNIVERSITY IN REGATTAS: PROJECTS, ACTIVITIES, RESULTS.

1001VELACUP. UNIVERSITY IN REGATTAS: PROJECTS, ACTIVITIES, RESULTS. A very special regatta has been staged every year since 2005. In fact, boats designed, built and sailed by university students from the various faculties of naval architecture in Italy and some foreign universities compete in the sea. The class rules of the regatta also stipulate that the boats must be built by students within the facilities of thesame universities in which they are enrolled.The didactic-sports project, designed by architects Massimo Paperini and Paolo Procesi, has proven to be a revolutionary way of combining theory and practice, but also a fantastic showcase of nautical innovation. Indeed, the prototypes developed each year by the students often present radical solutions in light of the latest frontiers of yacht design, but also of the fundamental criteria of environmental sustainability. This is why the review of the boats competing in the1001VELAcup represents an exceptional source of information […]

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