Route: the departure (as in the previous 2001 edition) will be from Cherbourg on May the 11th with arrival in Rimini between the 20th and the 24th of May in occasion of the opening of the 5th edition of Blurimini. The route is of about 2850 miles with a first buoy in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean by the island of Sao Miguel (Portuguese’s Azzorre), then the crossing of the straits of Gibraltar, a long navigation across the Mediterranean and the Adriatic and a final rush to Rimini. On the 24th just in front of the Marina the multihulls will make a spectacular race-show for the joy of all the people keen on sailing that will come from all over Italy to admire these ‘sea monsters’.


The multihulls fleet: at the moment there are already 18 boats in for the competition , but is possible that the list of the participants will increase. From Cherbourg some of the most famous multihulls and trimarans with on board world-famous skippers coming from France, Italy, Great Britain, Belgium, Canada, etc. etc. as: Franck Cammas (Groupama), Alain Gautier (Foncia), Jean-Luc Nélias (Belgacom), Jean Le Cam (Bonduelle), Loick Peyron (Fujifilm), Lalou Roucayrol (Banque Populaire), Karine Fauconnier (Sergio Tacchini), Marc Guillemot Biscuits (La Trinitaine), Bertrand de Broc (Banque Covéfi), Thomas Coville (Sodebo), Michel Desjoyeaux (Géant), Frédéric le Peutrec (Bayer), Lionel Lemonchois (Gitana X), Philippe Monnet (Sopra Group); still uncertain is the presence of Giovanni Soldini and his Trimaran TIM.



A mediatic success: the balance made by the shipping company at the end of the first edition is absolutely positive. The Challenge Mondial Assistence has earned a great success of public and most of all, a world-wide mediatic impact with the presence of journalists and televisions from all continents. “It is an operation of great importance – says Giorgio Benvenuti- a race that will bring to our coast and to Rimini a visibility and a return of image that has no equal. BLURimini 2003 will become the ideal container for the Gala events of the skippers with international guests, parties for those who are following the race, the sponsor (each multihull will have 100 international guests of high level) and many other initiatives all connected with the nautical world.

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