Grand Final for the VELA Cup 2025 in Capo d’Orlando. The story, PHOTOS and CLASSIFICATIONS.

Once again this year the VELA Cup ended in grand style with the last leg of the year in Capo d’Orlando, the ideal gateway to a beautiful cruise in the Aeolian Islands. Organized in collaboration with Capo d’Orlando Marina and Spartivento Yachts & Charters and with the support of the Yacht Club Capo d’Orlando, the Sicilian leg gave all registered crews the ideal conditions for everyone to have fun at sea: from the cruising boat of less than 9 meters to the 16-meter trimaran (by 10 wide …), they all raced – as happens in every stage of the VELA Cup – with identical rules and course, and as in every stage the rankings were drawn up using the VELA Cup rating(we explain how it works here). We explain below how it went and who all the winners are.

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Wind & sunshine (in October) : what more do you want from life?

A beautiful day of summer sunshine (but remembering that we are still in October!) welcomed the crews on Saturday morning. As soon as they left the Capo d’Orlando Marina, the 30 boats (of the 45 registered) found themselves crossing the starting line with a nice wind and about 1 meter to 1 meter and a half of wave: perfect and challenging conditions that allowed all crews to test sails, maneuvers and tactics.

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The course included the start in front of the long shoreline that, once out of the Capo d’Orlando Marina, stretches eastward. The first buoy was positioned off the promontory on which the Capo d’Orlando Lighthouse stands, with the second buoy just in front of the promontory itself before returning to the starting line gate, and ending with a sort of stick between the committee boat and buoy 1.

The wind was over 10 knots over most of the race course, with gusts even over 15 knots at times. Thewave did not drop as the hours passed, and indeed in the afternoon (after the regatta) it was much higher than in the morning.

The first boat to cross the finish line in real time was the Farr 45 Sagola Spartivento, owned by Giuseppe Fornich and Domenico Sorrentino, entered in the Sport Boat category, which finished the race in 1 hour, 14 minutes and 25 seconds. The first to cross the finish line in the Crusing Boat category, however, was a catamaran, NYO by Giuseppe Divella, a carbon SIG 45 that took 1 hour, 28 minutes and 5 seconds to complete the course.

The winners of the VELA Cup Capo d’Orlando 2025

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The winner of the VELA Cup Capo d’Orlando is Anica, Renato Irrera’s 1998 Farr 30, which finished the regatta (on corrected time ) under one hour, also taking home the Speedy Carbon antifouling by Veneziani Yachting. Second place for the Farr 45 Sagola Spartivento (first in real time) and third place for Sekeles, M37 by Antonino Pollicino.

Here instead is the podium for the Cruising Boat class: first place for Mascalzone Siculo, Emanuele Cosio’s First 45 SK, second step for NYO, Giuseppe Divella’s SIG 45, and third place for My Wind, Fabio Pantaleo’s First 42s7.

The Classic Boat awardees are:

• Vicius, 1973 Menhir Lanaverre , Massimo Fabbrici – Receives Meteomed TOP subscription.
• Anica, 1998 Farr 30, Renato Irrera – Receives a Moby discount voucher
• My Wind, 1996 First 42s7, Fabio Pantaleo – Receives an SVB Marine coupon.
• Quasar, 1986 Solaris One Cr, Manfredi Rizzuto – Receives a three-year subscription to the Journal of Sailing

To find out who all the other winners are – divided by class – in the Cruising Boat and Sport Boat categories, just click on the link below.

Read and download all the rankings of the VELA Cup Capo d’Orlando 2025

Special Awards

Elegant Boat and Gentleman Yachting: Aria and Frank with AIPD Milazzo’s A Gonfie Vele project.
Last Place: Nerea, Delphia 29 by Giuseppe Gervasi – Receives a 20 percent discount CD Sails and a Wet & Dry Cordless vacuum cleaner from Ariete

Giovanni Pavia‘s Skin , a First 50, wins the special prize by Spartivento, reserved for the first place winner among Beneteau hulls.

Giuseppe Divella‘s NYO , a First 50, wins the special prize offered by the Capo d’Orlando Marina.

Raffle prizes

Those who have participated in a VELA Cup before know: there are a lot of raffle prizes up for grabs offered by our partner partners Moby, IBSA, SVB Marine, CD Sails, Meteomed, Garmin, Veneziani Yachting, YachtIngBond, and Ubi Maior. Here are the lucky ones who took them home!

• Navionics Platinum+ by Garmin complete nautical charts – Happy Island, Salvatore Fazio
• Leatherman REV Multifunction Knife – Lula, Vincenzo Adragna
• Slam Sailing Jacket by YachtIngBond – Erato, Carmelo Fichera
• Bozzelli and Ubi Maior Belt – Nerea, Joseph Gervasi

See you next year with the VELA Cup 2026: we look forward to seeing even more of you!