SLAM and the Italian Sailing Federation together until 2005. The agreement between SLAM and the Federazione Italiana Vela has been renewed. Genoa, where SLAM was founded twenty or so years ago, and home to the FIV headquarters, provides the setting for an agreement between the two driving forces of national sailing. The agreement seals the already strong, close connections between the two entities, confirming the company in its role of Official Supplier to FIV until 2005 and continuing a relationship which began three years ago.