THE LARGEST SAILING RACE IN THE WORLD
Trieste, 1 - 12 October 2025
Trieste, 1 - 12 October 2025
Barcolana - News25.06.20
illycaffè and Barcolana: "telling the culture of the sea"
“This year - said the president of the Società Velica di Barcola e Grignano, Mitja Gialuz - the important thing is that we will all be there, physically present at the Gulf or connected, to talk about sailing, to live the sea. We are working hard on organizing our regatta to unite the city, bringing all sailing enthusiasts to Trieste either in person or digitally: we will welcome with seafaring warmth all who arrive by sea and those who will sail with us through the web; what counts is that we will once again be together, on our most important day, that of the Barcolana. The poster designed by Lorenzo Mattotti for the 52nd edition - continues Gialuz - portrays that joy, that light-heartedness, that determination that every sailor feels when going to sea. It tells of our spirit: in that woman we see the essence of the purest victory, which lies in knowing how to face and overcome limits and the intimate relationship each of us feels with the sea when we are sailing. With his poetic lines Mattotti has given us a hypnotic figure, who, like the classic divinities, unites strength and gentleness. Two qualities which the sea teaches those who love sailing and which we have always appreciated in the great protagonist women of the Barcolana over the last few years: from Isabelle Joschke to Marina Abramovic, from Tina Maze to Dee Caffari, from Olimpia Zagnoli to Vicky Song.”
“illycaffè has endorsed the Barcolana and its values for many years. For the 52nd edition we have asked the great Italian cartoonist and illustrator Lorenzo Mattotti to express the importance of being together and the joy of sailing: and thus was born the poster which tells the culture of the sea and the beautiful sport that is sailing”- says Massimiliano Pogliani, CEO of illycaffè - “In a year such as this one, we are particularly happy to strengthen the partnership with this symbolic event of the city of Trieste, its energy and enthusiasm that has always surrounded the rite of the sea, and helping to communicate it through our deep connection with the world of art.”
