993 registered contestants at 12 p.m. and challenger boat Deep Blue is on its way

At 12.00 p.m. today, the number of registered contestants in the Barcolana amounted to 993. Among them is a challenger for Arca Fondi SGR, the American boat Deep Blue, due to arrive in Trieste any day now. Launched in Valencia in February 2020, it is an 85-foot racer built by Botìn Partners and equipped by American entrepreneur and philanthropist Wendy Schmidt – a great sailing enthusiast and founder of the "11th Hour Project”, which works to raise awareness on the issues of global warming and climate change.

Deep Blue has participated in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in Sardinia over the last few weeks and will be in Trieste on 30 September. It will take part in the Barcolana Maxi Trofeo Portopiccolo (Barcolana Maxi Portopiccolo Cup) and in the Barcolana. It will dock at Marina San Giusto, together with another one of the team’s boats, a magnificent 170-footer that will serve as a support boat and that is arriving at the dock today. "For the Barcolana," said SVBG’s President Mitja Gialuz, "it is great to have a new challenger for the line honours and to have an American boat taking part in the regatta. We want to welcome the crew and the owner. The audience will be fascinated with this wonderful racing boat making its Barcolana debut."