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The regatta The Dragons in Venice Invitational regatta , organized by Compagnia della Vela and Vento di Venezia, is the brainchild of Klaus Diederichs, Dragon world champion in 2013. For the II Edition, 8 of the world’s top sailors in the Dragon class battled it out in a spectacular team racing regatta. The international event was attended by teams from 7 countries (Belgium, UAE, France, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Russia and Italy). 2

The teams CLOUD: Martin Payne, Beppe Duca, Pedro Andrade PCT: Markus Mehle, Alina Dotchenko, Friedrich Kleine RUS 76: Dmitry Samokhin, Andrej Kirilyuk, Aleksey Bushuev JERBOA: Gavia Wilkinson-Cox, Mark Hart, Lauri Reckhardt 3

The teams LES BLEUS: Gerard Blanc, Denis Chavroz, Sandro Rodati FEVER: Klaus Diederichs, Jamie Lea, Diego Negri HIPPOPO: Tam Nguyen, Gwen Chapalain, Gabriel Charton HERBIE: Xavier Vanneste, Anne Vanneste, Thomas De Schrijver 4

The 3 days agenda It was an intense three days of sailing , opened Friday with the Fleet race that saw the crews face off each other in the San Marco basin. Racing continued on Saturday and Sunday with over 40 team races. After two days, team RUS 76 of Dimitry Samokhin and team Fever of Klaus Diederichs were head to head on equal points. After a further 13 matches on Sunday, RUS 76 emerged as the winner, gaining the beautiful glass trophy created by Linea Murano Arte. At the second place was the crew of Fever, followed by Jerboa 5

The winners 1 2 3 R F J U E E S V R E B R O 7 6 A 6

The program Friday 30 th September 10:00 to 12:00 Registration and Welcome at Vento di Venezia, Certosa 12:00 Briefing 13:30 to 15:30 Fleet Race in front of San Marco (2 Races for 4 boats each) 15:30 to 18:00 2K Team Racing – Round Robins 18:30 Debrief 19:00 Happy Hour and Welcome BBQ at Certosa kindly offered by Unipol and Glenfiddich Saturday 1 st October 09:00 Skippers Briefing at Certosa 09:30 Leave Certosa to Race Area 10:30 First Warning Signal 2K Team Racing – Round Robins 16:00 Last Race of the day 18:00 Leave Certosa for Cocktail Reception by Water Taxi 18:30 to 20:30 Cocktail on the rooftop of the T Fondaco dei Tedeschi, Rialto offered by DFS and Glenfiddich 21:00 to 23:00 Owners dinner at CdV, San Marco Sunday 2 nd October 09:30 Skippers Briefing at Certosa 10:00 Leave Certosa for Race Area 11:00 to 14:30 2k Team Racing – Round Robins 16:00 Prize Giving and cocktail at Certosa kindly offered by Glenfiddich 17:00 Departure to the airport 7

The organizers and supporters Compagnia della Vela Born as a Venetian Yacht Club in 1911, the Club acquired its current name Compagnia della Vela, whose initials - CDV - correspond to the motto "Custodi, Domine,Vigilantes". It is a sailing center of excellence that carries on its activities between the historical venue of Piazza San Marco and the newly built Sport Centre of Excellence on San Giorgio island. A variety of activities and regattas for the members plus the large space for the sailing school are the main activities of the Compagnia della Vela. During the Dragons in Venice Invitational, the CDV was responsible of the logistics and organization on water. www.compagniadellavela.org Vento di Venezia VdV plans, sets up and manages the redevelopment of Certosa Island providing recreational and nautical facilities in Venice lagoon, in a public-private partnership with the City of Venice. Certosa Island is one of the largest of the Lagoon, 24 hectares of natural park strategically located between the harbour entrance and the city centre. Tourism-related facilities include: a Marina with 320 berths, a hotel, bar and restaurant, a boatyard for the construction, maintenance and assistance of any kind of boat and a sailing school organizing lessons, regattas and sport events, both for children and adults. During the Dragons in Venice Invitational, VdV managed the main regatta office, social program and logistics. 8 www.ventodivenezia.it

Sponsored by – Assidue - UnipolSai Agency Assidue- UnipolSai Agency hosted the Welcome Dinner for athletes, organizers and guests on Certosa Island on September, 30 th 2016. 9

Sponsored by – Assidue - UnipolSai Agency 10

Sponsored by- DFS Group DSF hosted the owners and crews for an exclusive cocktail on October 1st, 2016 on its beautiful and brand-new rooftop of the T Fondaco dei Tedeschi, Rialto 11

Sponsored by- DFS Group 12

Sponsored by - Glenfiddich Glenfiddich hosted the evening events throughout the regatta and offered athletes and guests a tasting of the best reserves of the distillery's Whiskys. 13

Sponsored by - Glenfiddich 14

Our achievements - Press & video release 25 articles in newspapers, specialized press and blogs 500% press coverage more than in the past edition Details: - 6 articles on the Italian newspapers and online edition: La Stampa.it, La Gazzetta dello Sport, Repubblica.it - 8 articles on the main local newspapers and online edition: La Nuova Venezia, Il Gazzettino, Venezia Unica, Venezia Today - 13 articles on the specialized press and blogs: Saily.it, Italia Vela, Vela Veneta, Nautica.it, Vento e Vele, Intdragon.net, Assodragone - 4 videos in the most followed local TV News: Telepadova, Venezia Radio TV, Antenna 3, TG3 Rai Veneto 15

The best of - Press & video release Il Gazzettino, the most read local Gazzetta.it, the most read sport newspaper newspaper in Italy Nautica Report, One of the most read yachting magazines in Italy La Nuova Venezia, the II ° most read local newspaper La Stampa.it, one of the most Repubblica.it, the II ° most read read newspaper in Italy newspaper in Italy 16

Press conference - Highlights The press conference held on September, 28th at Compagnia della Vela in S.Marco (From the left: Giovanni Giusto, chief councilor for culture and tradition of the City of Venice; Dodi Villani, President of the XII zona FIV Veneto, Ugo Campaner President of CDV, Klaus Diederichs, Alberto Sonino, CEO of VdV) The reporters of the most important local newspapers were present. 17

Press & video release October, 3rd LA STAMPA http://www.lastampa.it/2016/10/04/societa/mare/sport/dragons-in-venice-vince-il-russo-dmitri-samokhin- v1Abi56rxn7WqOCCLCOslL/pagina.html IL GAZZETTINO http://ilgazzettino.it/pay/venezia_pay/il_dragons_in_venice_parla_russo-2001548.html LA NUOVA VENEZIA http://nuovavenezia.gelocal.it/sport/2016/10/03/news/dragons-rus-76-corre-piu-di-tutti-1.14199047 NAUTICA REPORT http://www.nauticareport.it/dettnews.php?idx=3763&pg=9815 ASSODRAGONE – FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/AssoDragone/?fref=ts ITALIA VELA http://www.italiavela.it/articolo.asp?idarticolo=rus76vincelasecondaedizionedelladragonsinveniceinvitational_25972 VELAVENETA http://www.velaveneta.it/2016/10/03/rus-76-vince-la-seconda-edizione-della-dragons-in-venice-invitational/ VENTO E VELE http://ventoevele.gazzetta.it/2016/10/02/dragonsinveniceinvitational/ INTDRAGON.NET http://www.intdragon.net/idablog/?p=6662 18

Press & video release October, 2nd PRESSMARE.IT http://www.pressmare.it/news/2016/10/02/rus-76-vince-la-dragons-in-venice-invitational-4238 October, 1st LA NUOVA VENEZIA http://nuovavenezia.gelocal.it/sport/2016/10/01/news/spettacolo-internazionale-con-i-dragoni-sul-bacino-di-s-marco- 1.14188403 ITALIA VELA http://www.italiavela.it/articolo.asp?idarticolo=jerboa-in-testa-dopo-la-prima-giornata-di-regate-dragons-in-venice- invitational_25957 September, 29th IL GAZZETTINO http://www.ilgazzettino.it/pay/nazionale_pay/da_domani_dragons_in_venice-1993706.html LA STAMPA.IT http://www.lastampa.it/2016/09/29/societa/mare/sport/a-venezia-tornano-le-sfide-dei-dragoni- BwopwmezZDkBHXkV8IjbyL/pagina.html LA NUOVA VENEZIA http://nuovavenezia.gelocal.it/sport/2015/10/01/news/tre-giorni-di-match-race-con-i-dragoni-1.12191308 INTDRAGON http://www.intdragon.net/idablog/?p=6652 19

Press & video release September, 28th REPUBBLICA.IT http://www.repubblica.it/sport/vela/2016/09/28/news/dragons_in_venice_tradizione_e_spettacolo-148707936/ NAUTICA http://www.nauticareport.it/dettnews.php?idx=3763&pg=9776 VELA VENETA http://www.velaveneta.it/2016/09/28/presentata-la-dragons-in-venice-invitational-2016-in-programma-a-venezia/ ITALIA VELA http://www.italiavela.it/articolo.asp?idarticolo=la-regata-dei-dragoni-torna-venezia_25926 VENEZIA UNICA http://events.veneziaunica.it/content/dragons-venice-invitational-2016 VENEZIA TODAY http://www.veneziatoday.it/eventi/dragons-venice-invitational-venezia-30-settembre-2-ottobre-2016.html September, 26th REPUBBLICA.IT http://www.repubblica.it/sport/vela/2016/09/26/news/venezia_il_ritorno_dei_mitici_dragoni-148582151/ SAILLY.IT http://www.saily.it/it/article/venezia-il-ritorno-dei-mitici-dragoni 24 /09/2016 GAZZETTA DELLO SPORT http://ventoevele.gazzetta.it/2016/09/24/a-venezia-si-sfidano-i-dragoni/ 20

Press & video release Video release October, 8th TG3 RAI VENETO http://www.rai.it/dl/RaiTV/programmi/media/ContentItem-b574e0bc-bbb3-41b1-9c70-77a35606c0d1.html#p= October, 5th VENEZIA RADIO TV http://www.veneziaradiotv.it/blog/dragons-venice-invitational-regata/ October, 3rd TELEPADOVA http://www.7goldtelepadova.tv/storia/dragons-in-venice/ 21