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The start of the 2015 TAG Heuer VELAFestival is just under two months away. Day by day the unique Italian sailing festival takes shape. In Santa Margherita Ligure, May 7-10, there will be an embarrassment of riches for enthusiasts. So let’s let the numbers do the talking, because already 65 exhibitors have confirmed and new ones are being added every day.
SO MANY CONSTRUCTION SITES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Already more than 30 novelty boats have confirmed their presence. We are talking about the world’s major shipyards. A few names:
Amel
, Beneteau, Dufour, Elan, Hallberg-Rassy, Solaris, just to name a few. It will make its debut, and we are talking about catamarans, one of the world’s leading manufacturers, the French
Catana with its new Bali range
, for the first time in Italian waters. There could be no shortage of dinghies, which will bring the brand new Beach Village to life: you will find here the British shipyard’s racer
RS Sailing
, but also the fun inflatable catamarans Minicat, not forgetting a treat:
Anacleto
, a small wooden jewel.
LET’S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CULT BOATS
The number of CULT boats, or those goodies that you will never find at any other boat show and that have made sailing history, is also growing. Among the boats in attendance already confirmed will be the Sangermani Namib of shipowner Pietro Bianchi, the legendary Midva By Davide Besana designed by Ron Holland, the 1964 Sangermani Paulena born to make Transpac and now owned by the French De Ganay family, the 92-footer Whitefin by Andrea Milan a design by Bruce King, which will arrive at the VELAFestival fresh from restoration. There are already all the prerequisites to feast your eyes on…
THE BEST OF EQUIPMENT
At TAG Heuer VELAFestival you can also find everything you need to equip your boat but not only. From propellers
Brunton’s Propellers
to flexible solar panels
Enecom
, from signature lines
Gottifredi Maffioli
to the latest technology in sails with
North Sails
, from diesel heating systems
Eberspaecher
to weather services offered by MeteoMed. If, on the other hand, you want to insure your boat, you will have at your disposal the experts at
Pantaenius
, while the
Action to Sport
will show you the latest in water fun, including SUP, kite and windsurfing. There will be no lack of.
Nauticplace
, which on the occasion of the VELAFestival will abandon its web boundaries to become a physical place, with accessories and on-board equipment of all kinds.
MANY EVENTS, OPEN TO ALL
Great events, a real trademark, could not be missing in this third edition of VELAFestival. On Friday, May 8, we look forward to the Day of Champions, during which you can find out who will be the
Sailor of the Year 2015 (by the way, have you voted yet?).
. Above all, you will be able to meet the best Italian sailors live. On Saturday, May 9, everyone on the water for the VELA Cup, the big sailing event open to all types of boats.
On Sunday 10, however, it will be time for Fogar Day.
: an entire day dedicated to Ambrogio Fogar, the first great Italian oceanic, forty years after his solo round-the-world race. “Surrounding” all these events, you can enjoy the exhibition dedicated to “40 years of SAIL”:The Sail Newspaper’s birthday will in fact be an opportunity to retrace four decades of history, from boats to characters, including through our legendary covers.
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