Everything
is ready for the 13th edition of the Gathering
of Historic Sailboats in Viareggio on October 12-15. More than 50
vintage boats are sailing towards this Tuscan city to celebrate the end
of the 2017
sailing season. Among the participants are the nineteenth century
schooner Pandora and the 1910 Orion, the 1937 Orianda and the Vistona,
and the 1925
Geometra. There will also be a fleet of 5.50 Meter
International Rule boats, training boats with Navy cadets and boats
built by the
Sangermani Shipyard competing for the award named for their builder. On
the docks there will an array of vintage automobiles. And there will be
three
regattas.
THE GREATEST NAVAL DESIGNERS
OF THE CENTURY IN VIAREGGIO
Don’t miss this yachting and traditional seamanship celebration! To register online go to https://velestoricheviareggio.
Don’t miss this yachting and traditional seamanship celebration! To register online go to https://velestoricheviareggio.
PROGRAM FOR THE XIII
VIAREGGIO GATHERING OF HISTORIC SAILBOATS
Thursday October 12, 2017
- Boats arrive in Viareggio and dock at the Club Nautico Versilia and Perini Navi. Registration.
- 7 pm Welcome cocktail at the Club Nautico Versilia
Friday October 13, 2017
- 9:30 AM Event opening at the Club Nautico Versilia with Regatta Briefing
- 12 Noon First regatta (the 5.50 International Rule Class will have a separate regatta)
- 5 PM Guided Tour of the restoration work at the Del Carlo Shipyard with prosciutto and bruschetta snack compliments of the Rotary of Viareggio
Saturday October 14, 2017
- 11 AM Second Regatta (the 5.50 International Rule Class will have a separate regatta)
- 5 PM Book Presentation of Nodi – Intrichi comprensibili [Knots–understandable tangles by Andrea Maggiori and Monica Martella and I 5.5 Metri di Stazza Internazionale [5.5 Meter International Tonnage Boats] by yacht designer Andrea Rossi.
- 8 PM dinner feast for ship owners and crews at the Del Carlo shipyard of Viareggio (facing the gathering’s quay).
Sunday October 15,
2017
- 10 AM Third Regatta (the 5.50 International Rule Class will have a separate regatta)
- 4:30 PM Award Ceremony at the Club Nautico Versilia for the Challenge Sangermani Trophy, the Challenge Admiral Florindo Cerri Trophy, the Trophy of Elegance Il Bisonte.
THE CHARGE OF THE EIGHTY-YEAR
OLDS: BIRTHDAYS OF PARTICIPATING BOATS
Three of the boats participating in the 13th edition of the Viareggio Gathering of Historic Sailboats will be celebrating 80 years from their launching in 1937: the Vistona, the Borea d’Olmo family’s historic 16 meter gaff cutter launched in England and on which generations of sailors have trained; the Endeavour, a “Tourism Class” built in Finland and being raced in regatta by a Swiss family; and the Orianda, a 26 meter schooner built in Denmark and used for charter cruises from the Caribbean to the Mediterranean. Celebrating its 70th birthday is the Capitan Lipari, a 23-meter ketch built in Genoa in 1947 and recently sold to a new owner after belonging for a quarter of a century to the renowned international set designer Lorenzo Ghiglia. Among the “younger” boats is the 5.50 meter International Tonnage 60-year old Artemis II. The Namib, winner of the Panerai Trophy and often raced by champion sailor Mauro Pelaschier and the Colibrì, a Sparkman & Stephens built by the famous Carlini Shipyard of Rimini.
Three of the boats participating in the 13th edition of the Viareggio Gathering of Historic Sailboats will be celebrating 80 years from their launching in 1937: the Vistona, the Borea d’Olmo family’s historic 16 meter gaff cutter launched in England and on which generations of sailors have trained; the Endeavour, a “Tourism Class” built in Finland and being raced in regatta by a Swiss family; and the Orianda, a 26 meter schooner built in Denmark and used for charter cruises from the Caribbean to the Mediterranean. Celebrating its 70th birthday is the Capitan Lipari, a 23-meter ketch built in Genoa in 1947 and recently sold to a new owner after belonging for a quarter of a century to the renowned international set designer Lorenzo Ghiglia. Among the “younger” boats is the 5.50 meter International Tonnage 60-year old Artemis II. The Namib, winner of the Panerai Trophy and often raced by champion sailor Mauro Pelaschier and the Colibrì, a Sparkman & Stephens built by the famous Carlini Shipyard of Rimini.
NAVY BOATS
The Navy is participating with several important boats, among them the 1974 16-meter Chaplin, designed by the famous Carlo Sciarrelli of Trieste and donated in 2008 by the Novi family to the Navy. In 2009 Chaplin won the Panerai Trophy in the “Classic Yacht” category. Also participating is the 1961 21-meter Corsaro II that has sailed in the most important international regattas from Los Angeles to Honolulu and Newport, in the Fastnet, in the Buenos Aires-Rio de Janeiro and the Sydney-Hobart. The Grifone, a 5.50 meter International Tonnage built in Sweden in 1963 sailed in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics regatta and in 1965 won the Class World Championship in Naples with at the helm sailboating’s hero Admiral Agostino Straulino.
The Navy is participating with several important boats, among them the 1974 16-meter Chaplin, designed by the famous Carlo Sciarrelli of Trieste and donated in 2008 by the Novi family to the Navy. In 2009 Chaplin won the Panerai Trophy in the “Classic Yacht” category. Also participating is the 1961 21-meter Corsaro II that has sailed in the most important international regattas from Los Angeles to Honolulu and Newport, in the Fastnet, in the Buenos Aires-Rio de Janeiro and the Sydney-Hobart. The Grifone, a 5.50 meter International Tonnage built in Sweden in 1963 sailed in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics regatta and in 1965 won the Class World Championship in Naples with at the helm sailboating’s hero Admiral Agostino Straulino.
EXHIBITS AND
ACTIVITIES
The 13th edition of the Viareggio Gathering of Historic Sailboats will host a number of exhibits and activities. There will be a “Welcome Aboard” (tours of the boats); an exhibit of the work of watercolorist Emanuela Tenti and of photographer Marco Trainotti; and prestigious vintage cars thanks to CAMET (Club Auto d’Epoca Toscano/ Vintage Automobile Club of Tuscany) and a dynamic and navigational model of the Zaca schooner made by yacht designers Giulia Rebora and Roberto Massino. Andrea Maggiori, the Ligurian known as “The Knot Man” will offer demonstrations of maritime craftsmanship. Maggiori, is member of the renowned International Guild of Knot Tyers (IGKT). On board the schooner Pandora, a replica of a nineteenth century postal boat, the public will be able to view the making of a new wooden figurehead by carver Davide Holzknecht. The Rotary Club of Viareggio will present its many domestic and international projects, and especially its most important one –End Polio - that in little less than 25 years of global Rotary commitment has resulted in almost total eradication of the disease.
The 13th edition of the Viareggio Gathering of Historic Sailboats will host a number of exhibits and activities. There will be a “Welcome Aboard” (tours of the boats); an exhibit of the work of watercolorist Emanuela Tenti and of photographer Marco Trainotti; and prestigious vintage cars thanks to CAMET (Club Auto d’Epoca Toscano/ Vintage Automobile Club of Tuscany) and a dynamic and navigational model of the Zaca schooner made by yacht designers Giulia Rebora and Roberto Massino. Andrea Maggiori, the Ligurian known as “The Knot Man” will offer demonstrations of maritime craftsmanship. Maggiori, is member of the renowned International Guild of Knot Tyers (IGKT). On board the schooner Pandora, a replica of a nineteenth century postal boat, the public will be able to view the making of a new wooden figurehead by carver Davide Holzknecht. The Rotary Club of Viareggio will present its many domestic and international projects, and especially its most important one –End Polio - that in little less than 25 years of global Rotary commitment has resulted in almost total eradication of the disease.
THE SPONSORS
The 13th Viareggio Gathering of Historic Sailboatsis made possible thanks to Il Bisonte, Cioni, Leopolda Manifatture Artigiane, Mediterranean Yacht Maintenance, Veleria Be1, Aizmut Wealth Management, Tera Energy and Locman. And the following technical sponsors: Ubi Maior, Prosciutto Toscano, Giornale della Vela, Acqua dell’Elba, Caffè New York, Castelli del Grevepesa, Marina Militare, Europromo, Cantine di Soffiano, the Port of Pisa, and the Rotary Club Viareggio Versilia. LenciSub’s Approdo Calafati of Viareggio will host vessels temporarily moved from the Darsena Europa to make room for the vintage boats.
The 13th Viareggio Gathering of Historic Sailboatsis made possible thanks to Il Bisonte, Cioni, Leopolda Manifatture Artigiane, Mediterranean Yacht Maintenance, Veleria Be1, Aizmut Wealth Management, Tera Energy and Locman. And the following technical sponsors: Ubi Maior, Prosciutto Toscano, Giornale della Vela, Acqua dell’Elba, Caffè New York, Castelli del Grevepesa, Marina Militare, Europromo, Cantine di Soffiano, the Port of Pisa, and the Rotary Club Viareggio Versilia. LenciSub’s Approdo Calafati of Viareggio will host vessels temporarily moved from the Darsena Europa to make room for the vintage boats.
ORGANIZERS
Associazione Vele Storiche Viareggio
c/o Club Nautico Versilia, Piazza Palombari Artiglio, Darsena Europa, 55049 Viareggio (LU) Italy.
Associazione Vele Storiche Viareggio
c/o Club Nautico Versilia, Piazza Palombari Artiglio, Darsena Europa, 55049 Viareggio (LU) Italy.
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