{"id":42195,"date":"2013-10-14T21:36:54","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T17:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=42195"},"modified":"2013-10-14T21:36:54","modified_gmt":"2013-10-14T17:36:54","slug":"we-are-sailing-hundreds-of-yachts-take-to-the-sea-for-annual-regatta-off-coast-of-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=42195","title":{"rendered":"We are sailing: Hundreds of yachts take to the sea for annual regatta off coast of Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Barcolana-Regatta1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-42191\" alt=\"Barcolana Regatta1\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Barcolana-Regatta1.jpg\" width=\"964\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Barcolana-Regatta1.jpg 964w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Barcolana-Regatta1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Barcolana-Regatta1-451x300.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Barcolana-Regatta8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-42192\" alt=\"Barcolana Regatta8\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Barcolana-Regatta8.jpg\" width=\"964\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Barcolana-Regatta8.jpg 964w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Barcolana-Regatta8-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Barcolana-Regatta8-474x300.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It started off as in informal race between 51 locals in 1969 to mark the end of the sailing season for another year.<\/p>\n<p>But 45 years on the Barcolana regatta now attracts 2,000 boats from all across the globe, transforming the coastline with a bevy of boats.<\/p>\n<p>The week-long celebration of sailing was capped off today with the Barcolana International Sailing Race, with hundreds of yachts taking part.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of people spent the week at Trieste&#8217;s biggest annual event, enjoying classic boat races, land events and night-time sailing.<\/p>\n<p>The gathering is the biggest of its kind anywhere in the Mediterranean and turns the Gulf of Trieste into the unofficial sailing capital of Europe for seven days.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone from brave amateurs all the way up to world-class helmsmen can take part in the race which is always held on the second Sunday of October.<\/p>\n<p>Offering something for everyone the event includes a King of the Wind event in which people with disabilities race in specially adapted boats.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Barcolana-Regatta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-42193\" alt=\"Barcolana Regatta\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Barcolana-Regatta.jpg\" width=\"964\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Barcolana-Regatta.jpg 964w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Barcolana-Regatta-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Barcolana-Regatta-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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