TAG Heuer Sailor of the Year, from social tam-tam to… declarations of love
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Forty thousand views of the new website http://velistadellanno.giornaledellavela.com, already 8,500 votes. And it has only been two days since the launch of the 2019 TAG Heuer Sailor of the Year, the most prestigious award in Italian sailing (awarded since 1991 by the Giornale della Vela). Credit to the media and social tam-tam: each of the 100 candidates you find in the initial “poll” is doing his or her best to gather as many votes as possible, across newsletters, blogs, Facebook posts and Instagram. And there are also those who enjoy support from the generalist and local media, as in the case of candidates from Trieste or Sandro Paniccia from Civitanova.
FIND OUT ALL THE CANDIDATES AND VOTE FOR THEM HERE!
Meanwhile, there has been a turnover at the top of the leaderboard, with the very young Genovese minnow Matteo Sericano jumping to the lead (541 votes at the time of writing) narrowly overtaking the Neapolitan sailor Pierluigi De Felice (530 votes).
We asked Sericano what it’s like to be leading TAG Heuer’s Sailor of the Year, and the answer is in the video below, recorded on the fly as soon as he stepped out of the gym where he is training hard. It is known that the ocean requires proper preparation!
In sly third place was the “usual” Ambrogio Beccaria, followed by Marco Carpinello, Yakamoz (Ovni 41 by Giampaolo and Basak Gentili), Giulio Desiderato, Carlo De Paoli, Mela (Swan 42 by Andrea Rossi), Morgan IV (Grand Soleil 39 by Nicola de Gemmis), Gianluigi Ugolini and Maria Giubilei.
In the meantime, comments on the site from fans are pouring in (over 200) and even coming from abroad! Complete with declarations of love to one of the nominees as we show you, anonymously, next door! Our editorial staff will constantly update you with news, posts on Facebook and stories on Instagram, on the Sail Newspaper profile and on the Sailor of the Year profile.
HERE THE DETAILED REGULATIONS OF THE SAILOR OF THE YEAR
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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