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Dirst Strategic step towards America's Cup XXXII, French K Challenge presents its design team
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| America's Cup - K Challenge - Dirst Strategic step towards America's Cup XXXII, French K Challenge presents its design team |
| TOULOUSE, FRANCE-(8-4-2003) The K-Challenge announces the signing of one of the better-known and successful naval architects and designers in the field, Phil Kaiko. He was the principal designer of the 2003 challenger, OneWorld that was a semi-finalist in the Louis Vuitton Cup, the precursor event to the America’s Cup. A true specialist, Kaiko has been involved in the design of America’s Cup class boats since 1987. Kaiko designed America True in 2000 and the victorious America3 in 1992. Phil will be K-Challenge’s principal designer and will be joined shortly by a co-designer.
The signing of Kaiko is a strategic step in the process K-Challenge began 15 months ago of putting into position the key people, technical partners (including MCube which provides design and validation tools), and know-how to make K-Challenge a powerful French challenge.
Next to join the design team will be a technical director (whose name is being withheld until he is released from his contractual obligations from the last America’s Cup). Along with Kaiko, this addition reunites with Dawn Riley many of the key members of the America True team of 2000.
The response to the K-Challenge’s call for technical, sailing team, and afterguard has been overwhelming with more key individuals of this multi-national team to be announced soon. A first test for the K-Challenge sailing team may be its participation in the IACC Golden Gate Series and the IACC Worlds to be held in San Francisco September and October of this year where K-Challenge would have the opportunity to act as a `sparring partner` to Oracle Racing.
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Source: Stéphanie Nadin |
