Luna Rossa's ITA-94 sails in Valencia

As we wrote in our report on Thursday, Luna Rossa did not waste any time and a couple of hours after the end of the launch ceremonies, ITA-94 sailed off Valencia's coast. The first impressions were very positive and the Italian America's Cup challenger will now begin training and testing with both new boats, ITA-86 and ITA-94, as soon as possible.

Here are the first images from Thursday's test sail of the brand new Italian "rocket", courtesy of the team.

ITA-94 sailing for the first time. Valencia, 18 January 2007. Photo copyright Carlo Borlenghi / Luna Rossa Challenge

ITA-94 sailing for the first time. Valencia, 18 January 2007. Photo copyright Carlo Borlenghi / Luna Rossa Challenge

ITA-94 sailing for the first time. Valencia, 18 January 2007. Photo copyright Carlo Borlenghi / Luna Rossa Challenge