The VELA Cup Costa Smeralda is two weeks away. Find out about the members!

The VELA Cup Costa Smeralda, to be held in Cala dei Sardi, opposite Porto Rotondo, is only two weeks away (Sunday, Aug. 20), and already 30 boats have registered. Owners with their own boat or charter (
with NSS Charter there is a dedicated offer
) have chosen to end the summer together with us, and what are you waiting for to sign up?

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

Check out the entries for the VELA Cup Costa Smeralda

There are still a few days left until the start of the VELA Cup Costa Smeralda, the last summer event of the most fun racing circuit ever! As announced, the big news at this year’s VELA Cup is the new Classic Boat category, for all those boats, including production and fiberglass boats, more than 25 years old.

The VELA Cup, however, is a regatta for everyone. You don’t need a set of racing sails to participate, just a mainsail and jib to enter in the Cruising Boat category, but, for those who are more sporty and want to use spi, gennaker and code 0, there is also the Sport Boat category.

All the prizes of the VELA Cup Costa Smeralda. Here’s what you can win!

Make way for Classic Boats…

Here they are, they are ripe, but don’t call them old, they are more than 25 years old and their owners keep them in great shape. Class of 1937, Vistona is a beautiful auric cutter built by Welsh shipyard Peter Dickie & Son, which belonged to a retired Royal Navy officer and a charter company in Cannes, then a training ship of the Centro Velico d’Altura and Venturieri sailing center in Chioggia, under the command of Duke Gian Marco Borea d’Olmo until 1967, today is owned by Giovanni Battista Borea d’Olmo, who finely restored it to its original splendor.

Also among the participants is a mythical boat, the Koala 50 that was owned by the Malingri family today by owner Roberto Manganaro, a 1972 heavy displacement ketch with a semi-long keel. A year younger, Ossanha, Franco Vigna’s Impala 35 was built by Cantiere Navale 71 in Castiglione della Pescaia to designs by Sparkman & Stephens, as was Iacopo Poli’s 1974 Impala 36.

And to the “younger” ones

Not only Classic at the VELA Cup, there are also modern and latest generation boats. Here at Cala dei Sardi we will see a brand new Grand Soleil 44, Lazy Dog, by Sergio Sagramoso, on the dock and in the sea. Newer boats will also include Nicola Minardi de Michetti’s Momi, a 2021 Momi 80, and Luca Locatelli’s Swan 45 Thetis, crewed by family and friends (Pietro Locatelli on mainsail, Paolo Scutellaro tactician, Giovanni Tenderini sheets, Stella Pinto pit strategy).

Charter a boat with NSS Charter and participate in the VELA Cup

On land, among English-style lawns and clear waters for swimming and sunbathing, Cala dei Sardi is a true oasis of relaxation surrounded by beaches. It is no coincidence that one of the leading charter companies, NSS Charter, with bases in Sardinia, Tuscany, the Amalfi Coast, the Aeolian Islands and the Caribbean, is based here. At the VELA Cup, in fact, you can participate with your own boat, look for a boarding with mymatchrace.net or rent one thanks to a dedicated agreement with NSS Charter. In addition, special prizes are planned just for the occasion for Lagoon catamarans, Bènèteau boats and the fastest charter boat.

SIGN UP FOR THE COSTA SMERALDA SAILING CUP

To register for the VELA Cup Costa Smeralda all you need to do is
enter here
and finalize your registration by entering your and the boat’s details!

James Barbaro