Giancarlo Pedote was the 2016 Sailor of the Year. Find out (if you don’t know yet) who is the Florentine ocean sailor who has repeatedly managed to bring the French, the absolute specialists of the course au large, into line. …
In 2013 the Sailor of the Year was Max Sirena, the skipper of Luna Rossa at the 34th America’s Cup. After the Prada team was disbanded because Patrizio Bertelli decided to call it quits on the turn the 35th America’s …
Max Sirena, the story of the man on the moon who made kiwis fall in love Read More »
The name of Alessandro Di Benedetto, born in Rome in 1971 to a Sicilian father, is already carved in history: the 46-year-old, aboard a tiny 6.5-meter (Findomestic, a Mini 6.50 modified for the occasion), completed a nonstop solo round-the-world voyage: …
Alessandro Di Benedetto, around the world in Mini 6.50 Read More »
In 2015 for the first time in the history of the Sailor of the Year, the jury declares an ex-aequo and both Roberto Tomasini Grinover, owner of the successful series of boats named “Robertissima,” and Vittorio Bissaro and Silvia Sicouri, …
That time the Sailor of the Year … was two, Tomasini and Bissaro/Sicouri Read More »
Andrea Mura is a simply a great Italian sailor: we awarded him in 2014 as Sailor of the Year for his victory at the 2013 Ostar, but his career is littered with ocean successes. It is a pity he was …
Andrea Mura, the story of the great Sardinian sailor–pragmatically stubborn Read More »
In 2010, the Sailor of the Year was awarded to Pietro Sibello. The very strong and very unfortunate Pietro Sibello. Born in Albenga (Savona) in 1979, with his brother Gianfranco he was the best performer of the 49er class in …
In 2012, the Sailor of the Year was awarded to Marco Nannini, from Turin, class of 1978: he was awarded “in absentia,” as he was at the time participating in the Global Ocean Race (round-the-world race in stages in doubles): …
Marco Nannini: from high finance to ocean adventures. Read More »
When Francesco De Angelis was elected 1996 Sailor of the Year, the best was yet to come. THE LONG CAREER IN THE AMERICA CUP Celebrity for the phlegmatic Neapolitan sailor (they call him “the Baron”) would come as helmsman of …
The indisputable talent of the “Baron” who made Italy dream. Read More »
In 1995, the Sailor of the Year award fell to Giovanni Soldini, class of 1966, who at the time was on the verge of winning silver at the BOC Challenge (solo round-the-world race in stages) and was on his way …
Giovanni Soldini, the long history of the symbol of Italian ocean sailing Read More »
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