This post features some photos of the top two yachts from the Italian team that contested the 1979 Admiral's Cup, the Scott Kaufman design Vanina (44 feet long and rating 34.5ft IOR) and the Peterson design Yena. The team's third yacht was another Peterson design, Rrose Selavy. The Italian team finished third equal (sharing third place honours with the Hong Kong team), their best result since first competing for the Cup in 1969, and in what will be remembered as the windiest edition of the…