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THE TEAM
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Giorgio Scarpa is 28 years old and Manager
of Lidgard Sails Limited Italy. Giorgio
started sailmaking in 1991 at Diamond Sailmakers
Italy and worked there for two and a half years.
In 1993 he came back home and started his own
sail loft and produced sails for International
14 Skiffs and some small cruising boats. In
November 1994 he joined forces with his cousin
Davide, starting GD Sails and moving to a bigger
and more comfortable loft. |
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Davide Scarpa is 28 years old and Lidgard
Sails Italy's Sail Designer. Like his cousin
Giorgio, Davide started sailmaking in 1990 at
Diamond Sailmakers Italy. He worked there as
a sailmaker for two years, and left to work
as captain and bowman on some the most important
Italian racers winning two European IMS championships,
three Italian championships (J 24 and IMS) ,
finished second at 1992 Quarter Ton Cup and
also had other success in races worldwide. Davide
is now practising with Prada 2000, the Italian
America's Cup syndicate. |
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Alessandro Scarpa, 24 years old, joined
GD Sails at the end of 1995 as Floor Manager. |
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Susanna Scarpa, 26 years old, is the
newest addition to the team, Susanna has been
part of the team since December 1997. |
THE LOFT
Lidgard Sails Italy is located in Latina, 60 km.
south of Roma and 6 km. from the Tirrenian sea.
The loft is 150 sqm. and is equipped with 5 machines
including a heavy duty sewing machine.
The sails are produced using the SailMaker™
software and are plotted on a Blackman & White
plotter. Lidgard Sails Italy recently bought the Dimension-Polyant
UltraBond system for gluing the sails without sewing
the panels.
The main marinas close to the loft are Fiumicino
(70 km), Anzio-Nettuno (22 km), Circeo (20 km) and
Formia-Gaeta (40 km).
The main boats serviced by Lidgard Sails Italy are:
85 ft classic boat 'Gael'
50 ft Ocean Racer 'WIWA'
Libera class 'TELEBOX SPEEDY'
Mini Transat 'SEAC BANCHE'
Mono 22
International 14 skiff.
LOFT HISTORY
Created in November 1994, GD Sails rapidly developed
on the local marketplace.
In Spring 1995, the owner of the classic Maxi yacht
'GAEL' called on us to manufacture two mainsails and
an asymmetric spinnaker for his boat. Since then 'GAEL"
has crossed the Atlantic Ocean 4 times without sail
failure.
In 1996, GD Sails signed up with Lidgard Sails and
started using Hi-Technologies such as the SailMaker
design software, a computer driven plotter and the
UltraBond gun for gluing the panels without sewing.
Today, Lidgard Sails Italy is the major sails supplier
on the local market. More importantly, Lidgard Italy
Sails recently realised a new mainsail for the Open
50' ocean racer 'WIWA', a full new inventory for the
Libera class 'TELEBOX SPEEDY' and the full inventory
for the Mini Transat 'SEAC BANCHE' which led the first
part of leg one during the last Mini Transat Race.
HOW TO GET THERE
Coming from Rome:
Exit Latina and get on Via PIAVE, after the roundabout
on the right side you'll find a service station 'AGIP',
200 mt. after the service station turn left on Via
MAIRA, 100 mt. on the right .... and here we are!!
Coming from Naples:
Exit the last exit for Latina then follow the same
indications as written above.
Venendo do Roma:
Uscire a Latina proseguire dritti su Via PIAVE dopo
la rotonda sulla destra troverete un distributore
'AGIP' 200 metri dopo girare a sinistra in Via MAIRA
100 metri dopo sulla destra al 16 .....e ci siete!!!!
Venendo da Napoli:
Uscire all'ultima uscita per Latina e seguire le stesse
indicazioni di cui sopra.
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