Registration is now open for Barcolana55 presented by Generali with many advantages for yahct owners

Registration for the Barcolana55 presented by Generali opened today at 12 noon, with the traditional ringing of the bell at the headquarters of the Società Velica di Barcola e Grignano. The world's largest regatta is scheduled to take place in Trieste on 8 October and will be preceded, starting on 30 September, by a calendar of events on land and at sea.

The 55th edition is entitled 'Barcolana Crew': 'At the heart of the event,' explained the president of the Società Velica di Barcola e Grignano, Mitja Gialuz, 'for 55 years there have been people. Barcolana is one big crew: thousands and thousands of enthusiasts who every year on land and at sea, each in their own way, participate in the event. Barcolana is a formidable container of sea and sailing stories, and this year, starting from the over a thousand portraits by Carlo Borlenghi taken in 2022 on the quay, we want to put them in the spotlight".

From the story of Vento Fresco, which marks 50 years since its victory at the Barcolana and 30 since the shipwreck, to that of the Jancris, which arrives in Trieste 38 years after the epic adventure that took it to Australia with Francesco Battiston, to the search for the roots of a Sardinian delegation of Giuliano-Dalmatian Istrians, who will arrive at the Barcolana after a journey along the Italian coasts; again, 50 years of history of the Grand Soleil brand, up to the memory of David Brunskill, the first English judge in Barcolana, who left us a few days ago. These, among many great and smaller stories of the sea, will be told in sailing clubs, in squares, in cafés: stories where Barcolana is, in its own right, the centre of gravity. "These will be some of the protagonists of the 55th edition, a round number to celebrate sailing," explains Mitja Gialuz, "because this 'pop' sailing that has its roots in the Adriatic is at the heart of the history, culture, and even the blue economy of our land, and Barcolana is a lighthouse that illuminates, a mirror that reflects, a loudspeaker that amplifies the voices of sailors and the sea.”