Simone Bianchetti

Simone Bianchetti (20 February 1968 – 28 June 2003) was an Italian offshore sailor, competing in the BOC Challenge and the Vendée Globe.

Biography Bianchetti was born 20 February 1968 in Cervia. He was as the son of Pilade and Maria. He graduated from the Cesenatico Naval Institute and then obtained the title of long-term captain at the "Giorgio Cini" naval college in Venice. He served in the Italian Navy for two years, then devoted himself to sailing.

In 1994, he took part in his first major solo regatta, the BOC Challenge on Town of Cervia in Class 2 (40 to 50-foot monohulls). He retired on the second stage in the Indian Ocean.

In 2001, he bought Aquitaine Innovations for the next Vendée Globe. With the boat, he finished fourth in the IMOCA class under the name Tiscali. Afterwards, he sold it to Patrick de Radiguès and turned to the boat of Catherine Chabaud, The Penguin, which he renamed Tiscali because he kept the same sponsor. He participated in Around Alone, in which he finished in third place.

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