PRESENTING THE PROJECT ADRIATIC EUROPA – DUŠAN PUH SAILING TEAM

The project Adriatic Europa – Dušan Puh Sailing Team is conceptualised as an integration project, aimed at supporting and promoting sailing, ecology and natural potentials for development in the Adriatic. The emphasis is on development opportunities in the Northern Adriatic and Slovenia as a maritime state, with the participation of the maxi sailing boat in regattas across the entire Mediterranean.

Given that the Adriatic still has plenty of unrealised development potentials, we welcome collaboration and support from everyone concerned with this area, especially the Slovenian Sailing Association as the umbrella sailing organisation in the country, local communities and regions, ports and logistics companies that are part of the supply chain between Europe and Asia, which represents a shorter and environment-friendlier alternative to competitive north European ports, tourist and cultural organisations in the Alpe Adria region, marinas and other providers of nautical services and equipment, as well as other environmentally conscious organisations and media representatives.

The head and main supporter of the project is the entrepreneur Gašpar Gašpar Mišič, who has in the recent years been a member of Dušan Puh’s Veliki Viharnik crew.

Mission

Through sailing as the primary sport discipline in maritime countries, participation in regattas as well as sport and competitive spirit, the mission of the Adriatic Europa project is to encourage and strengthen cross-border cooperation as well as to promote of environment, economic and tourism actors who strive to make the best of the cultural, historical and natural development advantages of the Mediterranean and the entire Alpe Adria region, with its epicentre in Koper and the Northern Adriatic.

Vision 

The vision of Adriatic Europa as an integration and promotion project is to increase the recognisability of the advantages provided by the natural development potentials in the Adriatic and thus contribute to the construction of a major European sport, cultural, tourism, economic and logistics platform in the Northern Adriatic and the Alpe Adria region.

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History of the sailing boat

Built entirely out of carbon fibre, the sailing boat was first launched in 1998 under the name Riviera di Rimini. It was designed by the “Studio Vallicelli”, owned by the famous Italian architect and industrial designer Andrea Vallicelli. From 2002 to 2009 it was the winning sailing boat of the Esimit Europa 1 project led by Igor Simčič, which emerged from the idea of connecting people and encouraging closer cooperation between European countries and the vision of building bridges between sports, diplomacy, social responsibility, culture and business.

In the spring of 2016 the sailing boat, renamed Adriatic Europa, will be launched under the Slovenian flag.

THE SAILING CREW

Dušan Puh – skipper in kapetan, Gašpar Gašpar Mišič, Dean Kogoj, Bojan Starčič, Atos Kocjancič, Rok Poropat, Andrej Babnik, Dejan Gulič, Andrej Gregorič, Matjaž Puh, Špela Puh, Jaka Gašpar Mišič, Gregor Starčič, Dan Poljšak, dr. Matej David, Damir Dilica, Luca Babnik, Miran Štiftar, Rafael Vidmar, Jure Butorac, Dušan Mrdakovič, Nejc Šorel, Borut Maraž, Rudi Frantar, Jernej Kobal, Igor Vrtič, Borut Zorič, Davorin Miklavec, Bruno Antonac, Andraž Starčič.

SUPPORTERS

SPONSORS

The Adriatic Europa project offers its supporters and partners a number of opportunities for promoting their businesses at regattas and other sailing events by carrying their logos on the boat’s sails and hull, sailing equipment and clothing, as well as the website www.adriaticeuropa.com. An arrangement can also be made to collaborate with our supporters in organising business promotion events, team building, our supporters’ participation in regattas, as well as the use of photo and video materials for promotion purposes.

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