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VAVA II Yacht – Glamorous $150 Million Superyacht

Built in the United Kingdom and delivered in 2012, VAVA II yacht is an impressive creation by Devonport. She is one of only 34 yachts in her size range.

VAVA II yacht interior

The interior of the VAVA II was designed by Rémi Tessier, a designer who favours simplicity and functionality.

Inside the yacht you can find a beauty salon, a gym, a beach club, an elevator, and to top it all off – air conditioning.

Not much is known about her interior, having mostly been seen by those fortunate enough to visit VAVA II.

There are not many pictures available, but if it’s anything like the gorgeous exterior, it’s surely a sight to behold.

Specifications

VAVA II yacht is 96 meters long (315 ft), has a beam of 17,3 meters (56,9 ft), and a 4,8 meter (15,9 ft) draft. She can reach a top speed of 19 knots, and a cruising speed of 15 knots.

The twin diesel MTU (16V 4000 M70) 2,333hp engines that power her, make it possible for her to reach those 19 knots.

She has a reach of more than 4500 nautical miles, and anchor stabilizers make VAVA II comfortable to be on. She has the capacity to keep up to 36 guests, and up to 34 crew.

The Vava II yacht has a steel hull and aluminum superstructure, and the exterior is designed by Redman Whiteley Dixon. She has four large tender garage aft and a pool with varying depth levels.

There are a total of six decks and is built like a small ship. A helicopter landing pad is also one of the many features of this yacht.

Her mostly white exterior shows off all the details in her designs, along with the sleek lines and impressive size.

Inspired by naval design, she has smooth curves and decks stacked neatly, with an overall balanced look.

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Ernesto Bertarelli: The Team Alinghi mastermind who shook up the America’s Cup

• Matthew Sheahan
• December 18, 2019

The Swiss billionaire shook up the America’s Cup with Team Alinghi. Is he tempted to rejoin the ever-more-radical competition? Matthew Sheahan found out

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When Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi (SUI64) crossed the finish line for the final time in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2003, the Swiss 5-0 victory was more than just a decisive new entry in the America’s Cup history books. As the pharmaceuticals billionaire and his teammates hoisted the trophy above their heads, the America’s Cup was on course to change.

Ernesto Bertarelli was already famous in the sailing world for his team’s slick performances – and infamous in New Zealand for having poached the country’s top sailing talent. Four years later, in Valencia, his team defended the 32nd America’s Cup. But this time their win led to change of a different type.

Frustration, acrimony and protracted legal disputes followed in the build up to the 33rd America’s Cup. And when the racing finally got underway in February 2010 in giant multihulls, Alinghi was defeated.

Photo: Manuel Queimadelos Alonso / Getty Images

Since that loss Bertarelli has been out of the Cup and away from the spotlight. Instead, he returned to his own sailing aboard the fast, lightweight multihulls that have been his preferred style of racing for many years.

The Alinghi name continued in the Extreme Sailing Series, then GC32 Tour, and aboard the D35 cat which Bertarelli races on his home patch of Lake Geneva.

Bertarelli is different from many of the super-wealthy owners in the sport. A hands-on, talented and accomplished sailor, he is one of the few who can genuinely hold his own against the pros at a busy, high speed leeward mark rounding.

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Yet despite his ability, enthusiasm and passion for racing at the top level, he has remained largely silent since 2010, as the America’s Cup has gone through another series of major transitions.

When wingmasted cats became the new weapons of choice for the 34th America’s Cup, many speculated that Bertarelli would come back into the Cup. That speculation was reignited when he made a trip to Bermuda in 2017 where he was rumoured to have dined with several of his former friends and foes.

Might the foiling monohull and the very open new design rules tempt him to return?

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In a rare and exclusive interview, I spoke to Bertarelli at his home on the edge of Lake Geneva on the eve of the biggest lake race in the world, the Mirabaud Bol d’Or, a race that he has won seven times.

I asked him whether he missed the America’s Cup? “It was hard to get away because I still really love the Cup. It is the pinnacle of our sport and it’s this particular event, which needs to drive our sport forward.

“So it was tough to leave it at a time when I thought we had done some great things. I thought Valencia 2007 had brought sailing to a very good place. It was also difficult to see it then go to a multihull, which is obviously a part of the sport which I also really love. It was tough to see that happen and not participate.

“Having said that, I had won the Cup twice and by the end of the third campaign I was a little tired of the politics, the work that needed to be done in order to participate and, frankly, some of the characters. I had had enough. And so in that sense it was great to go back to sailing for fun, pure fun.

“I really don’t have any regrets and I think that Alinghi is in a good place. The transition also allowed me to look after some of the younger sailors here in Switzerland, build a team around them and now we have a very strong team. So we are pleased with where we have got to with Alinghi and the story is not over.”

Given his success in the foiling GC32s, where Alinghi’s successes include winning the 2019 world championships and taking the Extreme Sailing Series twice, was he interested in the SailGP circuit ?

“SailGP is interesting. The problem I see is that it’s not really a competitive series. With one owner owning all the boats it doesn’t quite do it for me. It’s a great opportunity for some sailors to sail these types of boats, but I don’t know where it is going to go really.

“I’m a lot more interested in what’s going to happen with the Cup and the new foiling boats that are being designed and built. I really hope that in New Zealand we’re going to have a competitive event.”

Temptation beckons

So how interested was he in getting back into the America’s Cup? “I was tempted,” he admits. “There were quite a few people that wanted to see Alinghi back in the Cup, and that includes sponsors.

“We are a competitive team, we know the game, the multihull and the AC50 class had started to get more settled. I felt that that would be an opportunity to get back into the Cup without reinventing the wheel, yet still with an opportunity to win based on skill rather than on funds and on engineering an innovative breakthrough.

“I think the danger every time you introduce a new class – and this has been a problem since Valencia – is that innovative breakthroughs become a lot more important than sailing skills and teamwork.

An accomplished sailor, Bertarelli loves the thrill of competition and has always been a hands-on owner. Photo: Christophe Margot

“Research and development requires money, so this becomes the game. You still need people, but you need more engineers than sailors and this tilts the balance a bit too much towards design than on the water performance.

“Even though it’s fascinating to see these boats being created, and hearing and seeing some of the mock-ups and understanding what’s going on, you realise that most of the work is happening indoors. This was not exactly what I was looking for. I really enjoy going sailing.”

This might come as a surprise to some who would argue that the Alinghi team, with its deep pockets and reputation for having a sharp focus on success, was happy with the high spending arms race until it went against them.

Yet, a look back at the style of the campaigns, and the balance between design and sailing prowess, suggests that Bertarelli chose to spend his money on people rather than technology. The 33rd America’s Cup Deed of Gift Match is a good example of this.

Bertarelli racing his D35 at the Mirabaud Bol d’Or. Photo: Loris von Siebenthal

“The DoG match was a very interesting experience and I have no regrets there, I learned a lot. And one thing I learned was that it’s very hard to compete if the rules are changed. In any Cup cycle you want to understand how the rules are going to be set, but the rules are never set upfront.

“It’s a little bit like walking into a casino. If the odds are too skewed on the side of the house, you’re not going to go back. The DoG match was more about how can we twist the rules to favour us versus the other guy.

“Ultimately our boat was a great boat and the basic structural platform was used in the next Cup. But when the wingsail came in I just said: ‘This is getting out of control. I’m going to have to spend another €30 million for a wingsail and it might not stop there because the rules might change yet again.’

“So we stayed with the conventional sail knowing that the wing was going to be a big element.“

Back to monohulls

Has he ruled out a move to the new AC75 monohulls some day? “I need to see what’s going to happen in New Zealand. Once one boat crosses the line we will know more. We will know who is in charge and who they choose as a Challenger. Every cycle is different.

“But, I like stability because I think ultimately the magic in the America’s Cup is the match. And for a match you need to try to find a ways to bring the teams together.

“In Valencia the magic of the event was that all the boats had their moments because they had a chance to be matched up to a bigger team. Today with the current class, unless you have a massive budget you have no chance.”

Alinghi winning the America’s Cup as defender in 2007. Photo: Jose Jordan / Getty Images

As an owner who enjoys being an integral part of the team, does he think there is still a place for an owner aboard? “There is space for owners and I’d argue that you need an owner who is involved and understands the platform, understands what’s happening in the team and on the water, and then ultimately makes the right call for the Cup,” Bertarelli comments.

“I don’t think foilers are any different to any other boats. They’ll become safer. People are learning to sail them much better. The first time I sailed a foiler was around the Isle of Wight in 2015 against the British America’s Cup team. We were both on GC32s and we were both struggling. We were wiping out on the waves. It was physically painful.

“Now I sail the GC32 and the teams are very skilled and boats don’t wipe out anymore, at least only once in a while. We foil gybe and foil tack, and what is great is that sailing is more exciting.”

After an intense period in the spotlight of the America’s Cup with all the political arguments and public scrutiny, is he a different person now? “I hope I’ve changed. I think as you mature you learn more about yourself. You are able to take a bit more distance. Maybe I’m more aware of the sort of unnecessary friction that happens. I think I’ve grown to be less affected by it now.

“If I was in the Cup I’d want to make sure that there was not too much of that and accept it as a part of every relationship. So I think I learned to deal with things better.”

Having won sailing’s most prestigious trophy, twice, what drives him to carry on sailing? “It’s not so much the trophies which bring me back to sailing, but because sailing is both a mechanical and a team sport, when things happen at the highest level, I find it fascinating. I think it’s magic.

“Those moments where time stops and you’re in a different place. You’re in complete harmony with your team, your boat and the wind. You make the call and by magic the shift is there. We had that last weekend. We didn’t win, but for about half an hour we sailed perfectly. It’s a fantastic sport for that.”

How Team Alinghi changed the America ’ s Cup

Alinghi’s win in Auckland in 2003 signalled the end of Team New Zealand’s dominant reign. The Swiss victory in the 31st America’s Cup was the first and only time a challenger has won on its first attempt.

The 32nd Cup, as envisioned by Bertarelli and the brains trust at Alinghi, was very different. First, having won on behalf of a club in a country that had no ‘arm of the sea’, Bertarelli put the hosting of the event out to tender. More controversy followed.

Confirming the adage that ‘if you win the Cup, you make the rules,’ the show took root in Valencia, Spain. A new, public-friendly model was rolled out across the entire Valencian venue and the circus grew like never before.

Celebrating Alinghi’s historic Cup win in 2003. Photo: Dean Purcell / Getty Images

While high fences and security cameras surrounded many bases, Alinghi opened their doors to anyone who fancied a look inside. A free to enter spectator area, a visitor centre with educational exhibits and simulators and a shop reinforced Bertarelli’s plan to turn the America’s Cup inside out.

On the water Bertarelli’s team won again, in the last event for the IACC monohulls in 2007. But negotiations for the next generation of boat for AC33 were derailed as a fierce argument over the validity of the Spanish Challenger of Record.

The Americans took Alinghi’s Société Nautique de Genève to court and won. The 33rd Cup bottomed out, leaving the match to operate under the most basic terms of the Deed of Gift, or DoG match as it is often referred to.

Russell Coutts and Ernesto Bertarelli celebrate winning the 2003 America’s Cup. Photo: Nick Wilson / Getty Images

With only a few rules the arms race between defender Alinghi and challenger Oracle Racing ramped up as their designs went to the very edge of what was possible. A giant cat and a monster tri emerged.

But despite the mass of speculation these two America’s Cup leviathans triggered, when it came to it the racing in 2010 was an anti-climax. Only two races were required.

Larry Ellison’s Oracle Racing won, with Bertarelli’s former right-hand man Russell Coutts in charge. It was a bitter pill for the Swiss boss to swallow, especially as the event marked the first step for the Cup into a world of high performance catamarans, Bertarelli’s speciality.

Who is Ernesto Bertarelli?

Born in Rome in 1965, Ernesto Bertarelli graduated from Babson College and Harvard Business School, USA, before inheriting Serono from his father in 1995. The Geneva-based pharmaceuticals company was then worth around $100m.

As CEO and deputy chairman he turned the company into a multibillion-dollar biotech company specialising in reproductive health, multiple sclerosis, and metabolism. The company was sold to Germany’s Merck KGaA in 2006 for $13.3bn.

Bertarelli’s parents were both keen sailors and he was introduced to sailing early on. His sister Dona is also a keen racing sailor and owns the 140ft trimaran Spindrift as well as racing a D35 cat on Lake Geneva.

He lives in Gstaad and Geneva with his wife, Kirsty, a former Miss UK and a singer-songwriter, and their three children.

First published in the December 2019 edition of Yachting World.

$160 Million superyacht cruises Hawaiian islands

WAIKIKI (HawaiiNewsNow) - A $160 million mega yacht has been cruising the Hawaiian Islands this month.

The VAVA II is owned by Swiss/Italian pharmaceutical tycoon and billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli and his wife, songwriter Kirsty Bertarelli.

Bertarelli had the yacht made as a gift for his wife.

How is this for size, the vessel is longer than a football field, equipped with a fold-down beach club, helicopter pad, six decks, swimming pool and can accommodate 36 guests.

The ship took 200 workers more than two years to complete. In 2012, it was reported that it took more than $400,000 to fill the yacht up with fuel.

The mega yacht has been spotted off Kailua-Kona, Lahaina and Waikiki. VAVA II spent last weekend cruising around the island of Maui. As of Friday evening the yacht was heading back to Honolulu.

In case you are wondering, the largest yacht in the world is the Azzam , which was launched in April of 2013 at 590 feet in length. Not much is known about the megayacht and it is rumored to have been built for a member of the royal family of Abu Dhabi. The cost a staggering $605 million.

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ERNESTO BERTARELLI

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Hooked on sailing from a very young age, Ernesto Bertarelli moved to multihulls when he acquired his first Formule 40, Poseidon. In 1994 he commissioned the trimaran on board which he would go on to win the 1997 Bol d’Or, a race that he and Alinghi would win a further six times. Indeed, such was their dominance on the catamaran Alinghi 41 ( Le Black) – the team won the race from 2000 to 2003 – that Ernesto withdrew the boat in order to ensure truly competitive lake racing.

He subsequently led the process to create the new one-design class, the D35, which has ensured a level playing field. In 2000, he created Alinghi as a syndicate to achieve his dream of bringing the America’s Cup back to Europe for the first time since 1851.

His team memorably won the America's Cup in 2003 in Auckland and then successfully defended it in 2007 in Valencia, with the event described as one of the most memorable in recent history.

After the 2010 Cup campaign, Ernesto again focused his attention on his passion for one-design racing, winning the Bol d’Or again in 2011 and 2017, the D35 Championship eight times, the Extreme Sailing Series four times (2008, 2014, 2016, 2018), as well as the GC32 Racing Tour in 2019 and 2021.

In December 2021, he announced the launch of a new team, Alinghi Red Bull Racing, with the aim of trying to lift the world's oldest international sports trophy for the third time in the 37th America's Cup (Barcelona, ​​autumn 2024).

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Ernesto Bertarelli, between yachting and biotechnology

By Noah Miller

Published on May 6, 2015

Ernesto Bertarelli was born in Rome on the 22nd of September 1965 as the son of Fabio and Maria Iris Bertarelli. Four years after his birth he had a sister called Dona Bertarelli.

The father worked for the Serono pharmaceutical company that was developing the hormonal fertility drug called Pergonal. He acquired shares in the company and by the early 1970s he was in control of it, renaming it as Ares-Serono. He decided to change residence in Geneva in 1977 and moved the company as well.

The first test-tube baby would be born with the use of Pergonal a year later and this propelled the company into celebrity, selling shares at the Swiss stock exchange in an initial public offering made in 1987.

In the meantime Ernesto was studying at the Babson College which he graduated in 1989, after which he went to the Harvard Business School, receiving his MBA in 1993. Three years later he would be appointed as the CEO of Ares-Serono and during the same year the company releases Gonal-F, a synthetic infertility drug replacing Pergonal.

While in a holiday in Italy in 1997, Bertarelli met Kristy Roper, who was Miss UK in 1988 and was currently working as a songwriter, starting a relationship and getting married in 2000. They have three children together and currently live in Gstaad, Switzerland. Kristy is considered the richest woman in Britain after she became Mrs. Bertarelli.

At this time the father of Ernesto was ill with cancer and thus he gave up leadership to his son. He died in 1998 and the ownership went to Ernesto and Dona who changed the focus of the company from pharmaceuticals to biotechnology and thus made it triple its revenues by 2006.

He described his work at the time thus: “2005 was a year of continued growth and business expansion. Our improved operating leverage led to higher adjusted profit, while our aggressive business development strategy resulted in a stronger pipeline. During 2006, we will maintain our focus on maximizing the potential of our marketed products, the efficiency of our business operations and the advancement of our most promising clinical programs.”

Aside from the hormones discovered by the company for the treatment of female infertility, they also made improvements to the treatments of multiple sclerosis (Rebif) and growth hormone deficiency (Saizen).

Additional shares were sold to the New York Stock Exchange in 2000 and in September 2006 the 64.5 percent stake in the company held by the Bertarelli family was sold to Merck KgaA in Germany for the sum of $8.6 billion, leading to the creation of the new Merck-Serono company.

When they gave up leading the company, the brother and sister focused their attention on the newly founded Bertarelli Foundation which is concerned with marine conservation and research of the life sciences in general.

Another point of interest is the Waypoint Capital group which is a business enterprise for the managers and advisers of their funds and investments among which are included the Kedge Capital investment management firm in Jersey, the Northill Capital asset management business in London and Ares Life Sciences which makes investments in the fields of medical technology, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.

Ernesto is an avid yachting enthusiast and in 2000 he founded the Team Alinghi yachting syndicate that won the Louis Vuitton Cup in 2003 as well as the America’s Cup. This was the first time a team won the trophy on the first attempt and the cup went to Europe for the first time with this victory. The sailors in the team came from different countries, Bertarelli being the only Swiss in the team and he served as navigator.

The success of the team led to an award from the French President Jacques Chirac who awarded Bertarelli with the Chevalier de la Legion d’honneur title in 2003. He also received the Cavaliere di Gran Croce title from President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. They defended the title in 2007 when Ernesto was an afterguard runner and grinder, managing to beat Team New Zealand. Another race was organized after many legal disputes in 2010 in Valencia, Spain and with Bertarelli as the primary helmsman they lost the race against the USA 17 challenger.

In the meantime Ernesto ordered a new yacht from Appledore Shipbuilders which had the Project55 hull and was launched in December 2008 with the name Vava II (his former ship was entitled Vava). Described as the longest, largest and most sophisticated private yacht ever built in Britain, the vessel was worth $100 million and had a length of 96 meters.

Ernesto isn’t the only sailor in the family, since his sister Dona also loves the sport and competed in an international women’s team on Lake Geneva. With a catamaran called Ladycat she won the Bol d’Or Mirabaud race in 2010 and she created the Spindrift sailing team the next year.

In May 2013 a consortium was formed with Bertarelli as leader, Hansjorg Wyss, University of Geneva and Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne which bought the Merck Serono site in Geneva and created the Campus Biotech which wants to be a center of “excellence in the fields of healthcare, biotechnology and life sciences.” The campus became the core of a new neuroscience valley in Switzerland that held researches in the Human Brain Project and the Blue Brain Project.

Between his sailing passion, his work at Waypoint Capital and his family life he is concerned about philanthropic endeavors, although his sister is the one mainly in charge with their foundation. The foundation merged in the FABER foundation and then a new Bertarelli Foundation was created to focus on the fields of charity, health, sciences, sport or culture with important projects being developed such as the sponsoring of the Center for Neuroprosthetics, the creation of the largest marine reserve in Chagos with the aid of the British government, the Swiss Sailing Grants and the Henna Pre-School in South Africa.

For his interest in sea life Bertarelli was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Marine Sciences in 2013 from the Plymouth University. Today his net worth is estimated at $8.8 billion according to Forbes and doesn’t have plans to stop since “it is clear we cannot stand still” as he put it.

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America's Cup : Bertarelli breaks his silence

Tatjana Pokorny

 ·  12.04.2015

Two-time America's Cup winner Ernesto Bertarelli is breaking his silence. For a long time, the Swiss has watched from the sidelines the activities of the current Cup organisers, who defeated his team Alinghi in 2010 in an unequal exclusive match enforced by the courts and forced them out of the competition. But now Bertarelli is clearly fed up. In a commentary, he attacks the American Cup defenders. He is not alone in this, as more and more experts are taking a verbal swipe at Larry Ellison's team, which seems to have been bending the most important regatta in international sailing to its whim for some time now.

Bertarelli's original comment can be read on the Facebook page of LX Sailing - here at YACHT online in translation:

"The AC 48 is an interesting boat, but the registration costs for the AC are now higher than those of the boats! It's just a shame that the organisers can't come up with clear and transparent rules. I'm not sure if they intend it that way, but the way they organise it is quite obscure. Today they want to turn it round to smaller boats, tomorrow they might do the opposite.

I am amazed that they have managed to upset Patrizio Bertelli, who has played such an important role in the modern America's Cup. It proves that we were right to withdraw from the America's Cup. Bertelli has spent tens of millions developing a new boat and suddenly they are telling him that he did it all for no reason.

I love the America's Cup. I won it. And it will always be a part of me. So of course I follow the action. But it's disappointing to see what's happening. Just look at the fact that they have decided not to recognise the Isaf rules. That leaves the door wide open for any kind of trouble. That is very disappointing.

There has to be a decent defender and a decent challenger. That is the basis of the America's Cup: two yacht clubs that challenge each other and - together - decide on the rules of the event. Yet in the past two editions, the defender has chosen a challenger who has withdrawn shortly afterwards and left control to the defender alone. So I ask the question: can we still call this the America's Cup if the basic rules of the event are no longer followed?

If I were the defender, I would ask the strongest teams - Emirates Team New Zealand or the Luna Rossa Challenge - to become the Challenger of Record. Today, people like Bruno Troublé say that it has become a beach event that smells of chips. That's his opinion, but when someone like him says something like that, it means there's a problem.

I'm glad I'm not in Patrizio Bertelli's place. I've had my share of setbacks, but the chapter is now closed for me. My story with the America's Cup ended in 2010. It may start again one day. For example, if the Kiwis win the Cup and establish fair rules. But not today!"

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Did you have a nice little New Year’s holiday? Did you watch the whole of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City in one big gulp? Maybe you drove somewhere new since flying is so complicated these days. Off to a ski resort a few hours north as the interstate flies, hm? Spent a couple precious hours on this earth drying out cold, wet socks from the last run down the mountain, maybe? Well, that all sounds lovely, but unfortunately for mere mortals everywhere, it will never be as lovely as what Leonardo DiCaprio is up to. 

Leonardo DiCaprio! He of the movies fame. You know, Titanic. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. Catch Me If You Can. The Revenant. Most recently, the Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up . This guy, would you believe it, was on a yacht. Of course you believe it. This guy loves yachts . The man simply cannot get enough of them. He is like an oenophile, traversing the lands, grabbing up whatever fermented grapes Dionysus has left us down here. Like, if there is a rare and elegant wine, he’s tried it or wants to try it—but with yachts. 

So this week he’s been chartering Swiss billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli ’s yacht, which is called Vava II, in St. Barts. The Vava II has its own Wikipedia page . It’s reported to cost $150 million and sleep about 50 guests and crew members, and frankly, that’s a lot for a boat! Those things are on water! 

Friend and capo of the fabled Pussy Posse Lukas Haas was there, as was DiCaprio’s girlfriend, 24-year-old Camila Morrone. Per the Daily Mail , they even went shopping with the editor in chief of British Vogue, Edward Enninful, which I imagine is something like shooting hoops with LeBron James.  

Before all the shopping and the lounging on deck chairs with Haas and the strolling around St. Barts, DiCaprio celebrated New Year’s on the island alongside Jeff Bezos and partner Lauren Sanchez, Drake, and yacht owner himself Bertarelli. It is where this historic photo was taken.

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• Die 135-Millionen-Dollar-Wette auf den America’s Cup: Der Schweizer Milliardär Ernesto Bertarelli Milliardär Bertarelli versucht, mit Segelbooten den Erfolg der Formel 1 nachzuahmen

Milliardär Bertarelli versucht, mit Segelbooten den Erfolg der Formel 1 nachzuahmen

Der Schweizer investiert ein Vermögen in den America's Cup – und will das Segelrennen zu einem kommerziellen Hit machen. Bisher ohne Erfolg.

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Ernesto Bertarelli (rechts) bei einem Segelrennen auf dem Genfersee 2022: Der Milliardär träumt von der Kommerzialisierung des America’s Cup.

Ernesto Bertarelli mag einer der reichsten Menschen der Schweiz sein. Doch 135 Millionen Dollar auf ein Segelrennen zu setzen, um dann möglicherweise alles an einem Tag zu verlieren, ist wohl auch für ihn ein hohes Risiko. 

Der America’s Cup ist ein brutaler Wettbewerb. Denn dabei geht es um alles oder nicht. Alle drei bis vier Jahre versuchen Teams, die schnellste Segeljacht der Welt zu bauen. Nach nur wenigen Wochen mit diversen Segelrennen ist der Spuk jeweils wieder vorbei – bis zum nächsten Mal. 

Beim Rennen jagen Segelboote der ältesten internationalen Sporttrophäe der Welt nach. Dies erfolgte aber bisher nicht vor den grossen Zuschauermassen. Denn nur wenige wüssten, dass es das Segelrennen überhaupt gebe, sagte Bertarelli kürzlich in einem Interview. Geschweige denn, dass es sich um ein Rennen handle, bei dem einige der reichsten Menschen der Welt Hunderte Millionen Dollar investieren – und dabei die Segelboote in etwas verwandeln wollten, das Formel-1-Rennwagen ähnle. 

Vermögen von 28 Milliarden Dollar

Bertarelli und seine Familie haben laut «Billionaire» ein geschätztes Vermögen von 28,2 Milliarden Dollar. Die letzten drei Jahre hat Bertarelli damit verbracht, sein Alinghi-Red-Bull-Racing-Team nach mehr als einem Jahrzehnt Pause wieder aufzubauen.

In Barcelona tritt er derzeit gegen fünf andere Teams an, darunter die der Milliardäre Jim Ratcliffe, der das britische Team finanziert, Patrizio Bertelli, Prada-Chef, und Doug DeVos, Spross der Familie hinter dem US-Direktvertriebskonzern Amway.

Als Segelfanatiker und erster Europäer, der die Trophäe in ihrer 173-jährigen Geschichte gewann, hofft Bertarelli, dass die Leute eine Segelversion von «Drive to Survive» sehen würden – der erfolgreichen Netflix-Serie, die das Publikum für die Formel 1 begeistert. Doch stattdessen, sagt Bertarelli, wisse «gar niemand, dass der Cup stattfindet».

Justine Mettraux gehört zu den weltbesten Soloseglerinnen. Sie nimmt am härtesten Rennen um den Globus teil. Noch härter sei, davon zu leben.

Die Boote des America's Cup erreichen Geschwindigkeiten von fast fünfzig Knoten oder fast hundert Stundenkilometern. Sie stellen den Höhepunkt der Segeltechnologie dar und ziehen weiterhin Milliardäre an. Larry Ellison von Oracle war an fünf Rennen beteiligt und soll dafür laut Nachrichtenagentur AP rund 750 Millionen Dollar ausgegeben haben.

Geringe Zuschauerzahlen 

Trotz des rasanten Wachstums bleibt die Zuschauerzahl gering. Das Publikum im Free-TV und online für den durch das Covid beeinträchtigten 36. America’s Cup 2021 erreichte laut Veranstalter 68,2 Millionen, eine Verdreifachung gegenüber der Vorversion. Zum Vergleich: Die Formel 1 soll 2023 laut Schätzungen 1,46 Milliarden Menschen angezogen haben, was einer Zuschauerzahl von 67 Millionen Menschen pro Rennen entspricht.

Bertarellis Vermögen stammt aus dem Verkauf seines familienkontrollierten Biotechnologiekonzerns Serono im Jahr 2006. Der 58-Jährige besitzt auch eine Beteiligung am britischen Supersportwagenhersteller Aston Martin. Sein Nettovermögen ist unterdessen auf einen Höchststand gestiegen.

Dennoch konzentriert er sich weiterhin auf den Segelsport. Er möchte, dass der America’s Cup mit den grössten Sportveranstaltungen konkurriert und die gleiche Aufmerksamkeit erhält wie Wimbledon und die Olympischen Spiele.

«Wir haben mehr Vermächtnis als jeder andere Sport hier, die Geschichte dieses Events, die Rivalität, die Erzählungen, das Filmmaterial. Es gibt genug Material, um diesen Event zu promoten», sagt Bertarelli. «Das ist einer der Gründe, warum ich zurückgekommen bin: die Euphorie wegen der neuen Boote, wegen der Technologie, die in diesem Boot implementiert wird – und auch wegen des Potenzials dieses Sports.»

Partnerschaft mit Red Bull

Bertarelli ist nach mehr als einem Jahrzehnt Pause – in Partnerschaft mit Red Bull – wieder beim America’s Cup dabei. Nachdem sein Alinghi-Team 2003 und 2007 gewonnen hatte, zog es sich nach dem Rennen 2010 zurück, das nach einem erbitterten Streit mit Larry Ellison über die Regeln von Rechtsstreitigkeiten überschattet war.

Der Milliardär selbst ist noch nicht mit seiner neuen 23-Meter-Yacht gesegelt. Das überlässt er den acht Besatzungsmitgliedern an Bord. Alinghi ist aktuell aber nicht gut gestartet. Am Sonntagnachmittag lag das Schweizer Team nach einer Serie von Rennen bei leichtem Wind mit 0:4 im Round-Robin-Event zurück, während Bertellis Luna Rossa die Rangliste anführte.

Der Wettbewerb folgt im Wesentlichen immer noch demselben Format wie damals, als ein Team des New York Yacht Club mit einem Boot namens «America» 1851 ein britisches Boot in einem Rennen vor der Isle of Wight schlug. Der Gewinner darf den Austragungsort und die Bedingungen für den zukünftigen Wettbewerb festlegen und hat einen garantierten Platz im Finale, mit minimalem Einfluss der Mehrheit der Rivalen.

US-Teamchef DeVos sagt, die Gewinner hätten schon immer das Sagen gehabt. «Es ist wie der Herr der Ringe: Wenn man ihn einmal hat, will man ihn nie wieder hergeben. Es stellen sich also die folgenden Fragen: Was ist das Richtige für den Wettbewerb, und was ist das Richtige für diesen Sport?»

Netflix-Doku über die Formel 1 als Vorbild

Wenige andere Sportarten werden auf die gleiche Weise geführt. Bertarelli beklagt, dass etwa Titelverteidiger Neuseeland die Gelegenheit verpasst habe, mehr Vorregatten abzuhalten, um das Interesse am Rennen zu wecken. Er hätte ein Filmteam dabei haben wollen, um den Wettbewerb für eine Netflix-ähnliche Serie zu dokumentieren. Anderer Meinung ist Grant Dalton, der langjährige Leiter des neuseeländischen Teams. «Viele Teams wollen nicht mehr Regatten, weil sie sich auf das Hauptrennen konzentrieren wollen», sagt er. «Wer auch immer den Pokal gewinnt, wird seine eigene Entscheidung treffen.»

Das Hauptrennen sei «die Spitze der Nahrungskette» und sollte immer auf etwa sechs «hochwertige» Teilnehmer begrenzt sein, so Dalton. «Es steht unglaublich viel auf dem Spiel. Wenn man hier eine schlechte Regatta hat, geht man nach Hause.»

Neuseeland verlegte die Veranstaltung nach Barcelona – und verzichtete damit auf den Heimvorteil im Südpazifik –, nachdem das Turnier 2021 in Auckland unter den strengen Covid-Beschränkungen der Regierung gelitten und Geld verloren hatte.

Dieses Mal hoffen sie auf bessere Zeiten. Barcelona rechnet während der gesamten Veranstaltung mit 2,5 Millionen zusätzlichen Besuchern und Besucherinnen. Laut Dalton haben bisher 400’000 Menschen die Rennen gesehen. Die Zahl der Videostreams im August habe 8 Millionen überschritten.

Keine Voraussicht

Das britische Team unter der Leitung von Milliardär Jim Ratcliffe nimmt zum zweiten Mal am America’s Cup teil. Für das erste Rennen 2021 kündigte er eine Investition von umgerechnet 144 Millionen Dollar an. Und auch für das US-Team unter der Leitung von Doug DeVos ist es der zweite Versuch am America’s Cup. Ist dieser zu Ende, gehen die Teams nach Hause – und über die Bücher. Alle für sich.

«Wir sprechen mit niemandem über den nächsten America’s Cup. Wir wissen nicht, wie die Zukunft aussehen soll», sagt DeVos und fragt: «Wie wollen wir eine Veranstaltung im grossen Stil vermarkten, wenn wir nicht langfristig denken?»

(Bloomberg/dob)

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