TAG Heuer Sailor of the Year, stop voting! Here’s who advanced to the semifinals

Stop the televoting, an impish Claudio Baglioni would say from Sanremo’s Ariston stage. But this is not the Festival, this is the TAG Heuer Sailor of the Year and the Web people had their say in this second phase with an impressive 22,941 votes at http://velistadellanno.giornaledellavela.com (which for the record was viewed 143,392 times). Added to those from the previous phase, we are at 42,000 in total-never have there been so many.

There were 49 applicants (after first skimming among the initial 100), 25 remained. In fact, in 26, since there is a tie in 25th place, the last one useful for qualifying for the semifinal stage: you will be able to vote again starting at 1 p.m. on April 2 (until noon on April 15). In the next phase, the public vote will have advisory value and will be used by the Sailing Newspaper jury to determine the five finalists from which the TAG Heuer Sailor of the Year (and all other prizes) will be revealed at the Evening of Champions, May 3 at 7 p.m. at the TAG Heuer VELAFestival in Santa Margherita.

Let’s look at the 26 candidates who made it through the round:

1. Morgan IV (Grand Soleil 39 by Nicola De Gemmis) – 2465 votes
2. Crazy Horse II (X35 by Enrico Danielli) – 1873 votes
3. Galimberti Francesco/Galimberti Giacomo – 1060 votes
4. Fontanesi Sophie, Quaranta Claudia, De Murtas Alex, Pezzilli Lorenzo – 1030 votes
5. Tekno (First 31.7 by Piero Arduino) – 998 votes
6. De Paoli Carlo – 987 votes
7. De Felice Pierluigi – 950 votes
8. Renna Nicolò – 757 votes
9. Ugolini Gianluigi/Giubilei Maria – 745 votes
10. Gentilina (Oceanis 430 of Fabio Portesan and family) – 653 votes
11. Clapcich Francesca – 615 votes
12. Carpinello Marco – 612 votes
13. Tevere Remo Mon Ile (First 40 by Gianrocco Catalano) – 603 votes
14. Sericano Matteo – 602 votes
15. D’Ubaldo Oris Martino – 570 votes
16. Desiderato Giulio – 563 votes
17. Belvisi Francesco/Cevola Daniele – 553 votes
18. Ray Octavia/Germani Jana – 552 votes
19. Tomasoni Sofia – 540 votes
20. Bora Fast (Sun Fast 3600 by Piercarlo Antonelli) – 525 votes
21. Beccaria Ambrose – 520 votes
22. Special Giorgia – 512 votes
23. Aigylion (Grand Soleil 34 by Paolo Sanguettola) – 500 votes
24. Albano Carolina – 494 votes
25. Altair 3 (Sandro Paniccia’s Scuderia 50) – 491 votes
25. Loucura Zentrum (Este 31 by Frederic Roncone) – 491 votes

HERE THE COMPLETE RANKING

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THREE VOTES PER PHASE
Starting this year there are two new features: it will be possible to cast three votes per stage (and no longer just one)! You can decide to give three preferences to a single candidate, or divide them among several candidates. For the validation of each vote, you will be asked for your email address: we recommend that you type in the right one; you will find out why in a moment:

VOTE AND WIN!
This year there are 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).

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