Daniel Bernasconi

Daniel Bernasconi, (born 1973) is a British America’s Cup yacht designer, specializing in hydrodynamic design and performance optimization.

Bernasconi has worked in both Formula One and the America’s Cup as a race engineer.

[1] After graduating with a Master of Engineering degree from the University of Cambridge[2] Bernasconi worked first as a structural engineer at Ove Arup & Partners.

Bernasconi made the switch to yacht design after completion of a PhD in Mathematical Modeling and Aerodynamics at the University of Southampton[3] subsequently running the Velocity Prediction Program and designing hydrofoils for Alinghi in their 2010 America's Cup campaign against Oracle Team USA.

When Alinghi’s America’s Cup campaign ended, Bernasconi developed Gomboc, a proprietary software program which became Emirates Team New Zealand’s velocity prediction tool through the development of the AC72 class of wingsail foiling catamaran in 2013.