Barcolana 56 presented by Generali: the summary of 8 October

Today was the second day dedicated to Parasailing in the Barcolana and Barcolana per il Sociale (Barcolana for the Community), which also registered a record number of participants. The young sailors from Calicanto who will race on Arpege boats, those from the associations taking part in the Regata Fuori Vento, and those of the 2.4 and Hansa 303 classes have arrived at the Società Triestina della Vela (Sailing Society of Trieste), each of them with their own story, all ready to race and take one more step towards inclusion. Their stories were shared, along with the best practices for real inclusion in sports, during the conference held last night at the NH Hotel. In the meantime, an announcement that had been awaited for weeks has arrived: the Ocean has landed at the Barcolana. Giovanni Soldini, Ambrogio Beccaria, Alberto Bona and Alberto Riva, together with Caterina Banti – gold medalist at the Paris Olympics – will all be together in the Barcolana, on board Andrea Illy's boat, to support Emergency's causes and disseminate its activities. On Friday, Caterina Banti will also play a central role in the Women In Sailing race, the regatta for mixed crews that carries on the great mixed sailing project by Generali and Barcolana, at which the other Olympic gold medalist, Marta Maggetti, will also be present. After the first weather forecasts and the start of the Barcolana Sea Summit, which kicked off this morning and will get into full swing tomorrow, the Barcolana activities will descend into the Grotta Gigante tonight for the Marko Hatlak concert proposed by Siot-TAL, one of the events that contribute to extending the Barcolana to the whole local area and to promote Friuli-Venezia Giulia’s notable points of interest for tourists.

FOLLOW ME - This morning the Barcolana was opened by the 90 students from the Nautical Technical Institute who took part in the Follow Me project, gathering, as per tradition, in Piazza Unità for the customary photo that marks a sort of rite of passage for them to enter the world of the Barcolana. For a week they will be working on the field, managing the moorings of the over 600 boats that have applied for a free mooring space along the dock of Trieste, from Porto Lido to Molo Zero. 

SMILE @ ME - The students of the Galvani Technical Institute will also be taking part in the Barcolana, but with a different task: supporting the press office in reporting on the event. From yesterday until next Sunday, they will film and tell about the Barcolana56 through the lens of Gen Z with the objective of highlighting the stories told during the event.