Sailor of the Year Hall of Fame | Giancarlo Pedote, the “blue-collar” sailor (2016)
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The most prestigious award in Italian sailing, the Sailor of the Year, now in its 27th edition, returns next Jan. 30. Again in this 2019, you will be the one to choose who will be the biggest (and all the other “category” winners).
In fact, you can start having your say right now: how? Pointing us to your candidate by adding them to the “poll” we created in the new facebook group dedicated to the Sailor of the Year (GDV – The Sailor of the Year). Doing so is super easy, just click “add option” at the bottom of the survey (see side photo) and enter the call sign. We also welcome self-nominations!
But in the meantime, it is time to relive, year by year, the stories of the Sailors of the Year, from 1991 to the present(HERE is the complete roll of honor).
THE SAILOR WHO MADE THE FRENCH TREMBLE
Giancarlo Pedote was the 2016 Sailor of the Year. Find out (if you don’t know yet) who is the Florentine ocean sailor who has repeatedly managed to bring the French, the absolute specialists of the course au large, into line.
WE HAD WRITTEN ABOUT HIM
Taken from The Journal of Sailing June 2016. Aboard whatever boat he went, Giancarlo Pedote won: data in hand, he is the strongest ocean sailor we have in Italy today. In 2015, the FFV (the French sailing federation) awarded him and Erwan Le Roux, his partner on the Multi 50 trimaran FenetrèA-Prysmian, the prestigious 2015 Trophée des Champions as a result of their important achievements during the year: winning the Transat Jacques Vabre, the very tough race from Le Havre (France) to Itajaì (Brazil) and all the other Multi 50 races on the calendar.
We also cannot fail to mention his glorious 2014, which saw him at the top of all Mini class regattas in France (even then, he was elected French Sailor of the Year) and his second place at the Mini Transat in 2013. Now Giancarlo wants to fly: for a year he will test himself on Moths. Following his coronation as 2016 Sailor of the Year, engineer Valerio Battista, CEO of Prysmian, the company that has long supported Giancarlo, took the stage in surprise: “Companies from all over Italy, join me. Let’s send Pedote to the Vendée Globe!” In fact, all that is missing is the nonstop solo round-the-world race for the Florentine sailor born in ’75. And we are sure that he could do really well. It may be a little late for the 2017 edition, but we are sure that if he could find the budget, Giancarlo would hang up the moth to brave the oceans.
READ THE STORY OF GIANCARLO PEDOTE HERE
THE STORIES OF THE SAILORS OF THE YEAR – TOMASINI GRINOVER & BISSARO/SICOURI (2015)
THE STORIES OF THE SAILORS OF THE YEAR – ANDREA MURA (2014)
THE STORIES OF THE SAILORS OF THE YEAR – MAX SIREN (2013)
THE STORIES OF THE SAILORS OF THE YEAR – MARCO NANNINI (2012)
THE STORIES OF THE SAILORS OF THE YEAR – ALESSANDRO DI BENEDETTO (2011)
THE STORIES OF THE SAILORS OF THE YEAR – PIETRO SIBELLO (2010)
THE STORIES OF SAILORS OF THE YEAR MATTEO MICELI (2008)
THE STORIES OF THE SAILORS OF THE YEAR – VINCENZO ONORATO (2007)
THE STORIES OF THE SAILORS OF THE YEAR – GABRIO ZANDONA’ (2004)
THE STORIES OF THE SAILORS OF THE YEAR – FLAVIO FAVINI (2003)
THE STORIES OF THE SAILORS OF THE YEAR – LORENZO BRESSANI (2002)
THE STORIES OF THE SAILORS OF THE YEAR – VASCO VASCOTTO (2000)
THE STORIES OF THE SAILORS OF THE YEAR – PAOLO CIAN (1999)
THE STORIES OF THE SAILORS OF THE YEAR – TOMMASO CHIEFFI (1998)
THE STORIES OF THE SAILORS OF THE YEAR – ALESSANDRA SENSINI (1997, 2001, 2005, 2009)
THE STORIES OF THE SAILORS OF THE YEAR – FRANCESCO DE ANGELIS (1996)
THE STORIES OF THE SAILORS OF THE YEAR – GIOVANNI SOLDINI (1995)
THE STORIES OF THE SAILORS OF THE YEAR – ROBERTO FERRARESE (1994)
THE STORIES OF THE SAILORS OF THE YEAR – PAUL CAYARD (1993)
THE STORIES OF THE SAILORS OF THE YEAR – GIORGIO ZUCCOLI (1991/92)
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