Essentials
Designer | Alfred Edward "Bill" Luders Jr. (USA) | |
Builders | Dirk Kneulman, Ontario Yachts (CAN) | |
Material | Mahogany, carvel planked | |
1st certificate issued | 1966 | |
Original boat name | Aquilante | |
Original country | ITA | |
Original sail number | 051 | |
Current location |
Notes
- 5.5 I-51 - missed the World's 1966 - 22.02.2017 by Kaspar Stubenrauch
- Translated from an article about the World's in Copenhagen 1966; in Magazine "YACHT" #19, 1966:
"...Defending champion Agostino Straulino, whose newly built Luders design got held up in British docks due to a strike, had to rush his old "Grifone" from Italy to Öresund..."
He finished 5th with her, the result list stating I-51, as originally registered. - from "Agostino Straulino - Con la Vela nella Storia" - 08.03.2014 by Andrea Rossi
- with Straulino in 1968:
she won the Coppa Pozzani in Genoa
she was 13th in first European Championship on the Lake in Neuchatel ( 28 may-1 june) (crew: Minervini-Petronio)
she was 2nd in Italian Championship in Marina di Carrara (25-30 june) (crew: Minervini-Sanfelice)
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Ownership history
Sail# | Boat name | Owner name | |
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ITA-051 | "Aquilante" | Marivela SVMM (1966-?) |
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