Giovanni Soldini is at it yet again, taking some of the world’s best young ocean racers on yet another record attempt – this time from San Fran to China on one of the old clipper routes, aboard the turbo VO70 Maserati. We love what Gio’s doing, and with Luna Rossa gone from the world stage, he’s pretty much the only Italian left at the very top end of professional racing. We’ve got our fingers crossed that Soldini’s campaign has been a precursor for something much more important than hunting century-old square rigger records: We (and Italy) need a real Italian team to cheer for in the Cup, the Volvo, or the Vendee.
The title for this piece comes not from the record-setting clipper that Maserati’s chasing; it comes from the best movie ever (for Halle Berry fans, anyway) Jen Edney photo.
