ITA-85 of +39 Challenge to be presented on June 24

+39 Challenge, the Italian America's Cup challenger, announced this afternoon that their brand new boat, ITA-85, is about to leave the boatyard and will be transported by cargo ship to Valencia, where she is expected to arrive in about a week. She will be officially presented in the team's base in Valencia on June 24, the third day of Louis Vuitton Act 12.

Although this website has a very strict policy of not publishing, and has never published, any unconfirmed rumors, we will bend the rules just once since it concerns an interesting design element. It seems that ITA-85 has a bowsprit similarly to USA-87. It will be interesting to see in a few days whether what Chris Dickson claimed to be the "most innovative" America's Cup Class yacht will have company in Valencia. We'll see.

Unexpectedly, Wednesday turned out to be a busy day as far as America's Cup yachts are concerned, as Victory Challenge started the construction of their brand new boat earlier in the morning.