Vela, Luna Rosa team protagonist of the Navy Nastro Rosa Tour

A real ‘sailing tour of Italy’ in eight stages, from Genoa to Venice: this is the Navy Nastro Rosa Tour, the event that will animate the coasts and seas of our country until 26 September, with three categories of regattas: offshore, inshore and board. Among the various Italian and international crews, the Luna Rosa team stands out, officially presented at the Aniene Rowing Club in Rome on the occasion of the Civitavecchia stage. The peculiarity of this boat, which sees Intesa Sanpaolo as Main Partner, is the crew made up entirely of women, starting from the skipper Maëlle Frascari, world champion in the Nacra 17 category, up to Caterina Banti, world gold, European and Olympic champion. always in Nacra 17 (VIDEO). Luna Rosa’s goal is to prepare the way for future generations of sailors, working on female empowerment. “The world of international sailing is still predominantly male. In reality, however, there are many professional sailors who love sailing and go boating, even outside the Olympic classes -said Caterina Banti-. Fortunately, in recent years more attention has been paid to respecting the women’s quotas, and progress is being made in this direction ”, concluded the Roman sailor.