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Top Italian firm to build Abu Dhabi's VO70

5:58 AM Tue 12 Oct 2010 GMT

'HE Al Muhairi (left), with HE Mohammed Ibrahim Al Mahmood, Secretary General of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, charts new maritime horizons for Abu Dhabi' Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority Click Here to view large photo

Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) has appointed leading global manufacturing firm, Persico S.p.A., to build its state-of-the-art racing yacht for Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing team to participate in the 2011/12 Volvo Ocean Race, widely considered the 'Everest of Sailing'. Persico of Bergamo, Italy, was appointed following a competitive tender exercise involving local and international suppliers from the UAE, Europe and the Far East. The yacht build has already commenced in Persico's dedicated manufacturing facility in Northern Italy, in tandem with works in progress by Farr Yacht Design (USA) - one of the world's foremost racing-yacht design teams - which is ...

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by Mariam Ibrahim Al Sayed Al Hashmi, ADTA

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