The yard director was Portuguese Fernando Sena, the operations manager was Frenchman Laurent Esquier and the skipper was French-American Paul Cayard.

[1] Il Moro di Venezia I (ITA-1) sailed as a trial boat for two years and competed in the 1991 IACC World Championships, later becoming the sponsor platform for the syndicate.

In 1994 she was bought by a Russian team that raced her in the 1994 IACC World Championships but never made it to the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup competition.

[3] Il Moro di Venezia II (ITA-7) Launched the 7 of August 1990 she was used as a trial boat prior to the Louis Vuitton Cup.

[4][5] Il Moro di Venezia III (ITA–15) won the 1991 IACC World Championship, and was used as a trial boat prior to the Louis Vuitton Cup.

In 2006 she was sold to Tom Cahalane of Team Il Moro by international yacht brokers Nicolle Associates and shipped to Ventura, California, but was never completely reassembled.

She raced once more against USA–23 in the America's Cup Jubilee Regatta at Cowes, U.K.[9] In 2005 she joined USA–23 for the final time, on display in front of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA.

The team was preparing to participate in the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup but the bid collapsed after the death of the syndicate director Raul Gardini.