The Italian Sailing Oscars were celebrated in Genoa, with Tita-Banti as sailor of the 12 months

Yesterday nighttime at Palazzo Ducale in Genoa, over 240 visitors took component in the conventional appointment for the assignment of Oscar della Vela, at the XXIX version of the FIV Sailor of the Year, organized by Confindustria Nautica and the Italian Sailing Federation. At the outlet, Eleonora Cottarelli, journalist of Sky Sport, presenter of the night together with Giulio Guazzini journalist of Rai Sport, invited to the degree Saverio Cecchi President of Confindustria Nautica, Francesco Ettorre President of the Italian Sailing Federation, Giovanni Toti President of the Liguria Region and Marco Bucci Mayor of Genoa for the welcome greeting to the visitors.

Saverio Cecchi, after having greeted on behalf of Confindustria Nautica the guests present in what he described as the awesome hall of the Great Council of Palazzo Ducale, persisted as follows: “I am happy with the fact that Confindustria Nautica has formally joined the enterprise of the FIV Sailor of the Year with the Italian Sailing Federation, at the same time confirming the sponsorship of the Boat of the Year award – Confindustria Nautica Trophy. It is exactly in the mild of this link among boating, sea lifestyle and the game of sailing that we wanted to arrange the 29th version of the FIV Sailor of the Year collectively here in Genoa, additionally at the event of the Grand Finale of The Ocean Race, the regatta round the sector that for the primary time stops in Italy. I am honored to officially open the award ceremony of the twenty ninth FIV Sailor of the Year and, in wishing you a outstanding nighttime, I invite you to return to Genoa from 21st to twenty sixth September, for the 63rd Genoa International Boat Show, a edition which, way to the mission of the brand new Eastern Waterfront by way of Renzo Piano, will start to reveal exhibitors and the public what's going to be an super and precise platform within the international, prepared to host the distinction of global boating”.

“I thank Confindustria Nautica – declared the President of the FIV Francesco Ettorre for his component, due to the fact it's miles only way to the union of intentions of all of the establishments that terrific effects are achieved. It is an honor to look such a lot of younger folks who deliver the colors of the Italy and which are additionally super to look at. They are our Federal pride.”

Giovanni Toti in his speech underlined how “crusing, together with boating and the whole economic system of the sea, has its home in Liguria: a land of tremendous sailors, of humans who've water as a steady point of reference and within the sea its supply of livelihood.For this motive, Genoa is the proper venue, in in recent times while our place is even more on the middle of this global, to reward the high-quality boats, genuine works of artwork, and the maximum important exponents of this recreation made of tenacity, courage and competence: qualities that permit us to excel in recreation, but which are imperative in every location of ​​existence, and which therefore make these athletes an instance for each person”.

Marco Bucci concluded the institutional greetings by emphasizing hospitality on the event: “Welcome to all. The FIV Sailor of the Year arrives in Genoa: we're commemorated with a purpose to host the sort of prestigious occasion inside the very yr wherein our city climbed Everest della Vela. These are tremendous days that affirm our role because the absolute Capital of the Nautical Industry, the result of a incredible deal of labor in synergy among institutions and exchange associations. An occasion that celebrates the fine worldwide sailors, who bring the deep Genoese sailing vocation to the arena. I am proud to be here tonight, as a sailor and a person of the ocean.”

Immediately afterwards Cecchi and Ettorre welcomed on stage the international visitors gift within the target market: Quanhai Li, President of World Sailing, the vice president of the Singapore Sailing Federation Tan Sain Kon Jevan, Josep Pla President of Eurosaf and Richard Brisius President of Ocean Race. In their speeches, the guests underlined the function of the Italian Sailing Federation in Europe and within the international, particularly highlighting the presence inside the hall of many younger athletes who're already champions despite their age and witnesses of the destiny of Italian and international crusing, concluding with a thanks to the mayor of Genoa Marco Bucci for the hospitality presented through Genoa on the Ocean Race, an event that has brought the town to the middle of world sailing in nowadays. At the cease of the institutional greetings, the first to take the degree were the finalists of the Boat of the Year award – Confindustria Nautica Trophy. Eleonora Cottarelli invited Marina Stella, General Manager of Confindustria Nautica, and Alessandro Campagna, Commercial Director of I Saloni Nautici, to the level. Cottarelli underlined how Confindustria Nautica is experiencing a completely severe duration of institutional activities and occasions and the way the FIV Sailor of the Year is most effective the first of those. “ the sport of sailing imposes choices. Similarly, Confindustria Nautica has chosen to pay attention all of the spring affiliation events in Genoa, the Sailor of the Year, in collaboration with the Italian Sailing Federation, the ceremony of the XXXII version of the “Pionieri della Nautica” Award, devoted to managers, reporters, designers and sea professionals who have outstanding themselves in the records and development of the nautical industry in Italy, and the SATEC Convention. All this, just within the week wherein the City hosts The Ocean Race Grand Finale event, to underline the bond that has continually united the nautical enterprise, sea way of life and sailing sport and we consider in the energy of the general public-personal collaboration model for the achievement of critical consequences, as evidenced by means of the Genoa International Boat Show. We then chose – underlined Marina Stella – to place the subject of environmental sustainability on the middle of the Confindustria Nautica agenda, dedicating to this theme, on 30 June right here at Palazzo Ducale, the Shaping the Future occasion, the primary World Yachting Sustainability Nautical Forum, IBI and McKinsey & Company and the participation of worldwide stakeholders who will convey the experiences of other production sectors inclusive of car, cruise, engines, for an open discussion on the difficulty of optimizing new technology closer to sustainable industry and of the evolution of the profile of the subsequent technology of purchasers”.

 

Alessandro Campagna continued: “Genoa and the Boat Show were choosing every different for 63 years. In easy instances and in much less simple instances. A few years in the past, together with the city’s institutions, we set ourselves an ambitious purpose: to make Genoa the Capital of Nautical” – stated Alessandro Campagna-. “The project of the brand new Waterfront di Levante, born from the pen of the architect. Renzo Piano, will already from this edition supply new exhibition areas to the Boat Show. In fact, it will likely be possible to take advantage of  new docks so that you can further expand the exhibition provide and make the Salone is an interesting and emotional place. The mission will become truth”. Giulio Guazzini and Eleonora Cottarelli invited the finalists of the Boat of the Year award – Confindustria Nautica Trophy to the degree: the owner Roberto Lacorte for FlyingNikka, Sebastien Nolasco wellknown manager of Italia Yachts and Maria Budano, proprietor of the Mylius 60 Fra Diavolo. The applause of the general public underlined the reading of the incentive for the award and the declaration of the winner by using Marina Stella: “Innovation, generation and task to statistics are the hallmarks of a ship of the destiny that is already a sailing fact: FlyingNikka is the Boat of the Year – Confindustria Nautica Trophy 2023.” Roberto Lacorte, owner of FlyingNikka accrued the award presented by Marina Stella, to the applause of those gift. The night persevered in accordance to plot with the Owner/Helmsman of the year award – BPER Banca Trophy. Max Sirena representing Patrizio Bertelli and Filippo Pacinotti, finalists of the award, took the level together with Gilberto Borghi, events and sponsorship manager of BPER Banca, fundamental sponsor of the occasion. For him, a normal question from Eleonora Cottarelli who asked the visitor approximately BIPER Banca’s dedication to the world of the ocean: “We are an important player for Liguria, we are the 1/3 listed Italian institution – declared Gilberto Borghi – and we accompany Liguria’s desire for boom, which has so many projects to transform the territory. I additionally want to underline that we absolutely embrace the values ​​of sport stated through Mayor Marco Bucci. Lastly, I would love to underline that it was a fantastic pride for me to look the presence of such a lot of young human beings this nighttime, to whom our bank dedicates a variety of attention and numerous energy”.

 

After the normal interviews with the finalists, Giulio Guazzini asked Gilberto Borghi to examine the inducement with which the jury offered the Owner/Helmsman of the Year award – BPER Banca Trophy: “A undying, absolute passion for boats and for crusing in all its expressions, from the America’s Cup to vintage boats: Patrizio Bertelli is Owner/Helmsman of the Year – BPER Banca 2023 Trophy.” The ceremony persevered with the awarding by using the Italian Sailing Federation dedicated to the athletes and technicians of the Olympic and Youth lessons who have completed consequences of international importance for the duration of 2022. Welcomed by means of Eleonora Cottarelli and Giulio Guazzini, the athletes climbed onto the level in rapid succession followed via the FIV President Francesco Ettorre, through Michele Marchesini Technical Director of the Federal Olympic group and by using Alessandra Sensini Technical Director of the Youth sector. The fantastic group photograph of 67 younger athletes on level concluded one of the maximum significant moments of the event. At 10.Forty pm the maximum awaited moment of the evening arrived, the only committed to the FIV 2023 Sailor of the Year award. The following took to the level: Ambrogio Beccaria, Mattia Cesana, Marta Maggetti, Diego Negri and Sergio Lambertenghi, Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti and with them Saverio Cecchi, Fabio Planamente, president of the crusing zone of Confindustria Nautica, Francesco Ettorre and Marco Bucci.

 

The reading of the incentive of the award was entrusted to an excited Marco Bucci: “In the crusing of the second one millennium, the champions now not slide at the water, but fly ever faster: Ruggero Tita – Caterina Banti win the FIV Sailor of the Year Award 2023! And with this there are five!!!” The birthday party of the winners amidst applause, interviews, organization pix on the level of the winners and finalists inside the three classes with institutional guests changed into the placing for the belief of the occasion together with the words of Mayor Bucci who underlined how the young FIV athletes present inside the target audience can be the future winners of the FIV Sailor of the Year award. During the occasion, the target market remembered and applauded the reminiscence of the Italian navigator Simone Bianchetti on the anniversary of his loss of life twenty years in the past with the words of Giulio Guazzini and Fabio Pozzo, journalist of La Stampa. The individuals of the Jury of the XXIX version of the FIV Sailor of the Year are: Francesco Ettorre, Saverio Cecchi, Carlo Mornati, Quanhai Li, Marco Bucci and Alberto Acciari, secretary of the award. BPER Banca is the primary sponsor of the FIV 2023 Sailor of the Year. Maxi Dolphin and Bellavista are reliable companions of the FIV Sailor of the Year. The media companions helping the FIV 2023 Sailor of the Year are: Telesia (Class Editori Group), which for the tenth consecutive yr broadcast the photos of the event on its virtual tv channels in the airports and subways. Among the media partners, additionally the leading sailing courses: Barche Magazine, Bolina, Fare Vela, Nautica, Nautica Report, Pressmare, Sailbiz.It, Saily.It, The International Yachting Media, Vela e Motore, Vela ITALIA mare, Velaveneta.It and Zerogradinord.