Event Category: Velista dell'Anno
“My dreams while I was on the world tour? I felt like I was in the movies. Science fiction, thrillers, horror. Extreme lack of sleep plays these games.” And again, “The three dictates when doing a Vendée Globe: don’t smash anything, go the right way, go as fast as you can.”
In the second installment of the Sailor of the Year. TAG Heuer 2021 – Epic 30th Edition, we get to know the second of the finalist candidates for the most prestigious award in Italian sailing. Giancarlo Pedote.
A life for sailing, his. Sacrifices and hard work, the excellent results at the Mini Transat (fourth and second place), the great eighth place at the recently concluded Vendée Globe (no Italian did better than him). The Florentine sailor, 2016 Sailor of the Year, is an example: if you want to, you can.
Why the TAG Heuer 2021 Sailor of the Year is unmissable
An unmissable TAG Heuer Sailor of the Year: we asked you to vote for who, among the 100 most significant sailors of the past 30 years selected by the editorial staff, was the one who most moved you. After 120,000 votes you have determined the top ten (or rather, 10+1 for a tie), and from tomorrow we will go through all the finalists in detail with our interviews, every day at 1 p.m. on our channels.
Who will win you will only find out on April 24 at 9:30 p.m., when the Evening of Champions will be aired and when we will present all winners with valuable TAG Heuer Aquaracer chronographs….
Let the TAG Heuer 2021 Sailor of the Year – Epic 30th Edition begin!
Here is our schedule until the evening of the Champions!
April 14, 1 p.m. – Welcome to the Oscars of Sailing!
April 15, 1 p.m. – Simone Camba
April 16, 1 p.m. – Giancarlo Pedote
April 17, 1 p.m. – Rebecca Geiger
April 18, 1 p.m. – Andrea Baldini
April 19, 1 p.m. – Marta Magnano
April 20, 1 p.m. – Luca Bassani
April 21, 1 p.m. – Paul Cayard
April 22, 1 p.m. – Pietro Sibello, Checco Bruni
April 23, 1 p.m. – Patrizio Bertelli (special guest: Marco Tronchetti Provera)
April 24, 9:30 p.m. – Evening of Champions
HOW NOT TO MISS AN EPISODEIt will be a great show: we will tell you the hidden side of the great champions of sailing, from the present day and the last 30 years. Every day, on the Giornale della Vela Facebook page, on the Youtube channel, on our Instagram page and in theevents area of Milano Yachting Week.
