Less than a week to the VELA Cup Venice. Here’s what’s in store for you!
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Adriatic sailors unite, next Saturday (July 22) the VELA Cup, the most fun regatta ever, comes to Venice. A breathtaking route, along the canals of the Lagoon, starting and finishing on the island of San Giorgio, in front of St. Mark’s Square. To make this event even more unique, the VELA Cup Venezia is organized in cooperation with the Compagnia della Vela, one of the most prestigious and oldest clubs in Italy.
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
A regatta in the Lagoon? Here’s the VELA Cup Venice
Raise your hand if you are reading this article and have ever raced or even sailed inside Venice? How many have left San Marco behind and set their bows toward the Lido? What we want you to experience with the VELA Cup Venice, which will take place on Saturday, July 22, is a dream: racing inside the most beautiful city in the world with your own boat, or why not, renting one for the occasion.
Departure and arrival are on the island of St. George, in front of St. Mark’s Square, and then edged along a long path that circumnavigates the Venice Lido, the most glamorous island in the lagoon, where even today Hollywood stars still visit every summer to walk the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival. In the evening, the awards ceremony and party are at the Sailing Company’s nautical headquarters, a unique location with a terrace overlooking the lagoon from which to sip a spritz with friends.
Don’t have a boat but would like to participate in VELA Cup Venice?
Are you boatless but would like to participate in the regatta? In addition to searching for an owner looking for crew on MyMatchRace, the virtual platform for those seeking/offering boarding, the Sailing Company, provides its fleet of one-design SB20 (formerly Laser SB3) boats. These keelboats, which are 6.15 m long with a draft of 1.50 m, are easy and fun to drive even in the Lagoon. With a maximum crew of five, they are equipped with a set of three sails: mainsail, jib and gennaker. If you are interested please email segreteria@compvela.com
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There are prizes for (almost) everyone!
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.
All the prizes of the VELA Cup Venice. Here’s what you can win!
After Venice, the VELA Cup awaits you on the Emerald Coast
Then if you are planning (or would like) to take a cruise to Sardinia this summer, on Sunday, August 20, the VELA Cup moves to the Emerald Coast in Cala dei Sardi. In this corner of paradise, the route of the regatta is breathtaking: departure from Porto Rotondo, exit from the Gulf of Cugnana, route to the Soffi Islands, circumnavigation of Mortorio and arrival in front of Cala dei Sardi.
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A resounding event and a truly unique opportunity to celebrate summer, enrich your boating vacation and race with family or friends. Come with your own boat and moor for free in the Mediterranean’s greenest marina, or rent a boat or catamaran with
NSS Charter
, a leading charter company that is based right in Cala dei Sardi.
James Barbaro
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