The BARAONDA SAILMAKERS’ history began in 1990 during the Moro di Venezia’s America’s Cup campaign. That was when the sails company’s current partners (Paolo Badiali, Paolo Favaro and Andrea Marengo), who were on Gardini’s team, actually met and got the chance to exchange ideas and opinions on the design and manufacture of sails.

The episode lasted from February 1990 to May 1992, when the Italian boat won the Louis Vuitton Cup and was a finalist in the America’s Cup. The Cup race left them with a wonderful memory, a wealth of experience and, more than anything, a desire to make sails based on these new ideas. All of this came about in 1994 when the three sailmakers joined forces once again to design and manufacture sails for the 51' IMS Muteki, which went on to achieve excellent results during the 1994 and 1995 seasons. Following the Muteki experience, the partners felt the need for a permanent base and "BARAONDA SAILMAKERS" was founded in February 1996, based in Caorle in the province of Venice.

During the 1997 and 1998 seasons, the IMX 38 Founet and X382 Città di Pisino with the new BARAONDA sails in PBO won numerous IMS championships in the Northern Adriatic, proving to be the boats with the best performance in the area, in their respective categories. Founet also took part in the IMX 38 European championship, claiming a good 5th place. In 1998, an important year for Baraonda, work began on the Super Open 68’ Shining by designer German Frers, and the Beneteau 40.7 Selavy was launched, stealing the limelight at the Winter Championship in Lignano and bringing home the Faccio Marocchi Trophy. In July of the same year, Andrea Marengo was commissioned by Bertelli to make and adjust the sails for Luna Rossa, then staying in Auckland until March 2000 and the Louis Vuitton Cup victory.

1999 marked a triumphant year for BARAONDA, with Selavy racking up one success after another in the IMS championships. Shining was launched in August and soon proved to be a racing phenomenon. The boat, 70% rigged with BARAONDA sails in collaboration with North Sails, after some serious adjustment, won that year’s Barcolana race.

The rest is recent history. The new millennium lived up to expectations: Selavy continues to sweep the board, proving it is the fastest IMS in the Adriatic, and the Magic Sailing Team triumphed again in the Barcolana 2002 event aboard Uniflair, following up Shining’s 1999 and 2000 successes… much to the satisfaction of the sails company, which is now preparing for the coming season with new carbon sails and the introduction of a cutting machine to keep pace with the growing demand for BARAONDA sails.