Special Classic Boat (1967-1998): what you win at the VELA Cup
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We told you how boats at least 25 years old are worth more, what it means to be a Classic Boat, and why they are the history of modern sailing. This year we decided to enhance them with a ranking dedicated to the VELA Cup, the regatta circuit open to all boats and all sailors (sports and non-sports). That’s why if you have one you can’t miss it!
All the stages of the VELA Cup 2023
- May 26 / 28 – VELA Cup Toscana / VELAFestival
- June 3 / 4 – VELA Cup Brindisi
- June 24 / 25 – VELA Cup Magdalena
- July 22 / 23 – VELA Cup Venice
- August 19 / 20 – VELA Cup Costa Smeralda
- October 7 / 8 – VELA Cup Sicily
Vela Cup and Classic Boats
Now in its tenth year, from this year the VELA Cup also goes Classic, for all boats, standard or not, whatever the construction material (including fiberglass) with more than 25 years of age. In addition to the usual division into Sport Boat categories, for the more sporty who want to use spi, gennaker or code 0, and Cruising Boat, for those who want to have fun with family or friends and sail white sails, from this year we will be drafting a separate ranking for classic boats, more than 25 years old, even if mass-produced.
As always, you do not have to be a sailing champion to participate, nor do you have to have a planing hull or carbon sails, the VELA Cup is for everyone. For by now you know, at the VELA Cup you don’t just win at sea, but also if you have a little luck, thanks to the many raffle prizes offered by partners Garmin, Veneziani, Leatherman, Plastimo, HiNelson and YachtingBond.
PARTICIPATE IN. SAILING CUP TUSCANY
MAY 27, 2023
What are Classic Boats
But what boats are we talking about? Certainly of those built since 1967, when with the advent of fiberglass as a construction material, they are built in series. Since that year, finally, even in boating, boats are no longer like an original painting, one different from the other. There are more boats all the same. Mass production is born.
Why at least 25 years old? We have defined the period in which a used boat can bear the designation of a classic boat using the parameter defined by the charter of FIVA (International Federation of Older Vehicles) created to classify and preserve the historical interest of cars and, in general, moving objects. Criteria that also fit well with boats.
Thus, they are the mass-produced fiberglass boats of the first generation, those built between 1967 and 1998. In short, after 25 years even a boat can be called of historical value. They are not classic boats, built in one piece and almost always made of wood, they are Classic Boats, just as in the world of cars, which precisely is divided into “classic cars” and “classic or historic cars.”
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JUNE 3, 2023
James Barbaro
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