Who will be the Sailor of the Year 2025? You decide, starting now. Vote!

Ance again this year, we have arrived at the highlight of Italian sailing, the one that all sailors, enthusiasts and fans have been waiting for. The Sailor of the Year, the Oscars of Italian sailing, awarded by the Giornale della Vela since 1991. From today – and until May 10 – you can vote for your favorites among the 50 nominees selected by GdV, divided into the categories Sailor of the Year Absolute, Sailor of the Year Passion, Sailor of the Year Owner, Sailor of the Year Innovation, and Sailor of the Year Young:

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You will decide the top 5 finalists in each category, from which the GdV jury will then choose the winners.

The great sailing festival to which you are all invited

But 2025 falls at a special time for the Sailing Newspaper: we are turning 50 years old, and we assure you that you will remember this edition for a long time. Let’s start from the bottom, and that is the awards party,scheduled for Saturday, May 24, starting at 8 p.m., on the stage in the Marina di Cala de’ Medici square.

Parterre de roi

A party to which you are all invited and where you will find not only the créme of contemporary sailing, but also many great champions, namely the Sailors of the Year awarded by the Journal of Sailing from 1991 to the present. And who will take the stage to collect the prestigious Sailor of the Year Epic Special Edition 50 years GdV. And they will be the ones to award the 2025 Sailor of the Year 2025 Special Edition 50 Years GdV winners.

If you come, you are likely to meet people like Marta Maggetti, Ambrogio Beccaria, Giovanni Soldini, Flavio Favini, Alessandra Sensini, Giovanni Ceccarelli, Andrea Vallicelli, Medea Falcioni just to name a few names that have come up as winners of the most prestigious award in Italian sailing.

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Another certain presence is director Tommaso Romanelli, author of the docufilm “No More Trouble – What Remains of a Storm”: to him the Sailor of the Year Best Story 2025 award for making the most emotional and “true” docufilm in sailing history. It was not easy to recount on video the disappearance in the ocean – while he was trying to break the Atlantic record – of his own father Andrea. Tommaso succeeded very well, and he will be happy to tell you how, perhaps while viewing his work together with you, screened after the awards ceremony, starting at 9 p.m.

How to vote and until when

Speaking of difficult: getting to the 50 names was arduous, but we did it. They are the 2025 nominees for Sailor of the Year, which you will have to vote for, in their respective categories:

– Sailor of the Year Absolute. Award to the sailor who has excited us most during the season with his or her achievements or feats.

– Young Sailor of the Year. To the best young talent in Italian sailing.

– Sailor of the Year Owner. To the owner who has achieved the best results or accomplished outstanding feats.

– Passion Sailor of the Year. To those who have shown passion to sell and pass on. In cruising, in racing, as a coach.

– Sailor of the Year Innovation. Planners, designers, innovators of Italian sailing.

You will find Olympic champions such as Marta Maggetti, Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti, the crews that made us dream at the Young and Women’s America’s Cup as Marco Gradoni, Gigi Ugolini, Giulia Conti, Margherita Porro, ocean navigators such as Ambrogio Beccaria, Giancarlo Pedote, Andrea Mura, passion-driven shipowners and sailors, designers, innovators, and lots of young people.

• SAILOR OF THE YEAR REGULATIONS

And now-vote people, vote!

To meet all the winners in person, we will not wait for you at the not-to-be-missed Velista of the Year 2025 Special Edition 50 Years GdV event: but know that in the days following the award ceremony, it will go live on our Youtube channel and on our socials “The Velista of the Year 2025 Trial.” Our editorial staff will be with the winners to tell you their stories. You can as always send comments and “live” questions, which our Sailors of the Year will be happy to answer. Now all you have to do is vote for your favorites (one vote per category, subject to email entry)!

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