Alessandro Castelli

Sail Designer 

Biography

Majored in 1997 in aeronautical engeneering with a thesis on a full sail aeroelastic model coupled with a VPP, a few months after his degree he started his adventure in the America’s Cup with Fast 2000, working at the Lausanne Institute of Technology (EPFL). During his career, “Dado” has gained an incredible experience as sail designer and one-design manager.

 In the last 10 years he’s become one of the european reference points in his area, working alongside the most important sailmakers in the field of fluid dynamics e specialising in Velocity Prediction Program (VPP).