The official inauguration ceremony of the Louis Vuitton Trophy  La_Maddalena will take place on the 21st of May at 7pm at the former Navy base, now headquarters of the event.

The event in La Maddalena will be officially opened tomorrow evening at 7pm with the flag-raising ceremony performed by the guard of honor of the Navy Petty Officers School, based in La Maddalena.

The ceremony will be public and the presentation conference will be attended by the skippers of the world’s 10 top teams that starting May 22nd will battle it out on the waters off La Maddalena.

The military and civil authorities and representatives from Louis Vuitton will be there as well as Vincenzo Onorato, owner of Mascalzone Latino  Audi, and the Mascalzone Latino Audi team who will welcome all sailors and spectators to the most important sailing event that Europe will host in 2010.

Mascalzone Latino Audi Team. Photo credit Giuliano Luzzatto