Just posted a story about the Italian site Altomareblu - the main focus seems to be on the work of boat designer Renato "Sonny" Levi - though there are a lot of neat "old school" stories about racing boats back in the day as well.

Post: http://www.bigbadboat.com/2009/08/it...high-blue.html

It's not easy to read, even with the links translated (actually, it can be pretty funny) but it's definitely worth a visit. I was also wondering if any of our icons knew Levi personally, he won Cowes-Torquay in '63 and seems like a pretty remarkable character.