Travelling on choppy water at 54 knots (100km/h) in the 2000 HP chase boat was a wet, knee-crushing, G-force-wrenching, face-distorting yet immensely exciting experience spoiled only by the fumes from the four massive outboard engines. We were hanging on for our lives, as even the smallest shift in direction threatened to send us flying into the Mediterranean waters off Cagliari in Sardinia.
We were on the Panerai Luna Rossa Experience, a two-day adventure introducing the lucky owners of 37 special-edition Panerai watches to the thrills and high technology of America’s Cup yacht racing and to the horological delights of Panerai’s new Luna
