TAG Heuer Sailor of the Year, here’s why to come to the Evening of Champions!
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Holidays almost over, time to recover from grilling and Easter lunches, and the Sailing Newspaper jury is almost ready.
On April 26, we will reveal who the finalists for the Sailor of the Year are., or the great sailors you can meet in person at the Evening of Champions (May 3, 7 p.m., TAG Heuer VELAFestival in Santa Margherita) and among which you will find out who was voted Sailor of the Year and the winners of all the other awards (TAG Heuer Innovation, #dont’crackunderpressure, Performance, Young by B&G). From the initial 100 candidates, 25 remained, skimmed off by your votes at http://velistadellanno.giornaledellavela.com. Many, many votes: 65,964 preferences in the three phases of voting.
YOU CAN VIEW THE FINAL SEMIFINAL STANDINGS HERE
WHY COME TO THE NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS
We highly recommend that you come to the Evening of Champions because not only will you get to meet the greats of Italian sailing in person, but if you voted in one of the three stages and register on-site you can win a gorgeous chronograph TAG Heuer Calibre 5 (the same as the Sailor of the Year) and A boat vacation provided by Globesailor In cooperation with Sailitalia. Registration will grant you entry to the cocktail party after the Sailor of the Year (subject to availability), at the Sea House at the Santa Harbor. Meanwhile, we remind you of the winners for now “already known.”
MOST VOTED AWARD – MORGAN IV
The winner of the TAG Heuer Most Voted award, i.e., the candidate who took the most votes by adding up the three voting phases, goes to Morgan IV, Nicola De Gemmis’ Grand Soleil 39, which garnered an incredible 7124 preferences! We look forward to all of Morgan’s crew at the Evening of Champions!
ECO MEDPLASTIC AWARD – DAN LENARD
The prize raffled off by Medplastic, the association created by the Journal of Sailing to safeguard the Mediterranean, could only go to Dan Lenard this year. The superyacht designer who crossed the Atlantic solo on a recycled ten-meter barge with no engine or electronics. As echoic as it gets! Dan will be present at the Evening of Champions and throughout the TAG Heuer VELAFestival, ready to tell you how he achieved the feat. Tomorrow we will also reveal who won the Tribute award, given each year to a big name, boat, reality of Italian sailing.
CAREER TRIBUTE AWARD – CAPRERA SAILING CENTER
Caprerini, are you ready to take the stage at the TAG Heuer Sailor of the Year Evening of Champions (Friday, May 3, from 7 p.m.)? The Caprera Sailing Center will indeed receive the prestigious Tribute to Lifetime Achievement award. This is the motivation: “In 52 years it has trained 130 thousand sailors and more than a thousand instructors: the Caprera Sailing Center, set in the most beautiful and wild spot of the La Maddalena Archipelago, is the most famous sailing school in Italy and among the most important in the Mediterranean. Society changes, generations come and go, but the spirit of the CVC remains!” Come all and celebrate!
HERE THE DETAILED REGULATIONS OF THE SAILOR OF THE YEAR
VOTE AND WIN!
This year there were two more (mouth-watering) opportunities to vote for your favorite Velista of the Year candidates. Among all the survey voters who will take part in the Evening of Champions (you will be asked to register for the event with the email you provided during voting), on Friday, May 3 at 7 p.m. at theTAG Heuer VELAFestival, will be raffled off a prestigious Aquaracer chronograph from our longtime partner TAG Heuer And, thanks to new partner of the Sailor of the Year Globesailor a long weekend on a boat provided by Sail Italy (May 8-9-10, 2020 in the base of Procida aboard a Beneteau Oceanis 38, 3 cabins and 2 bathrooms, skipper not included).
THE TAG HEUER YOUNG AWARD BY B&G
This year the winner of the prize reserved for under-23 youth is even richer thanks to B&G, Navico Group brand among the leaders in electronics for sailboats: B&G will award the winner with an unforgettable experience in which he will have the opportunity to compete with Olympic sailors, gain advice and learn as much as possible about the technologies used in a “pro” regatta and thus grow as a sailor and professionally. The award is in addition to the TAG Heuer Aquaracer chronograph that is routinely awarded to Sailor of the Year awardees.
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