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More than a mere presentation, the debut of Racing for the Planet, the new boat of the
Mirpuri Fpoundation for The COcean Race, was a great party with more than 300 attendees
the italian experts of Carboni, another company
of trusted partners with many years
of experience in high level competition.
The electronics and wiring were replaced
and testes by the specialist of the reputed
company Diverse Performance Systems,
before the mast was removed to evolve into
a state-of-the-art solution by Trimarine in
collaboration with the engineers of Rig Pro
(Southern Spars), the manufacturers of the
original mast of the vessel.
Later, with all the technical work carried
out, the hull, the deck and the keel were
entirely repainted with the colours of the
Mirpuri Foundation - and this way a new
vessel was born. At the paint shop, after the
previous coats of paint had been completely
removed, all surfaces had to receive primary
painting, in preparation for the final touch.
This was a particularly complex task, given
the requirements of the graphic design of
the Mirpuri Foundation, that even led to
the use of customised metallic colours of
AkzoNobel, and several soft combinations
of silver, grey, black, blue and green, with
various layers of transparent varnish having
to be applied over the paint to seal the
graphics and protect the elaborate design.
For this complex task, Trimarine resorted
to a highly trusted professional team with
whom they have been working for three
decades, since the II Moro di Venea of
the America’s Cup challenge in the 1990s.
IT should be recalled that The Ocean
Race will depart from Alicante, Spain in
the fall of 2021 and will finish in Europe
in the summer of 2022. There will be nine
stops in harbours, already confirmed the
stops in Alicante, Arhus, Hague, Cape
Verde, Genoa and Itajaí.
Since 1973, The Ocean Race has built
the ultimate test for a team and provided
a unique human adventure. Over four
decades, has fascinated some of the best
sailors in an almost mythical way and has
been the ultimate field test for the legends
of the sport.
The Ocean Race is frequently described as
the longest and hardest professional sports
event in the world, the toughest challenge
of team sailing and one of the three biggest
sporting events of the planet, along with the
Olympic Games and the America’s Cup.
The Ocean Race can even be considered
an obsession, and many of the best sailors
devoted years, in some cases decades, to
try to win this race.
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