PROGRAMME

of the 2024 edition

THURSDAY 29th AUGUST

Campo della Salute – Blessing of the gondolini

Presentation of the crews, blessing of the sashes and boats. The ceremony will begin at 5:30 PM and will be preceded by a water procession on the Grand Canal, which will depart from the Erbaria of Rialto at 5:00 PM, heading towards the Church of the Salute. The arrival of the procession will then mark the start of the crew presentation ceremony and the blessing of the gondolini.

FRIDAY 30th AUGUST

6.00PM – Marco Polo Cup – Dragon Boat challenge on the Grand Canal within two mixed teams on the distance of 200mt in two rounds.

In the context of the celebrations of the Historical Regatta on Friday 30th August 2024 will take place on the Grand Canal the Marco Polo Cup, an event which aims to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Marco Polo’s death with a dragon boat challenge within a team from the Venetian Universities – Cus Venezia and a team from the twinned city of Suzhou in China. The challenge will take place on small dragon boats (10 seats) within mixed teams on the distance of 200mt, with arrival at Ca’ Foscari.

On Sunday 1st September 2024, the two teams partecipates in the Historical Regatta’s Parade followed by the award ceremony.

SUNDAY 1st SEPTEMBER

15:10 HISTORICAL AND SPORT WATER PAGEANT: parade along the Grand Canal by historical crafts with costumed crews, boats and gondolas of the Venetian rowing associations (Voga alla Veneta). Course: St. Mark’s Bay, Grand Canal, Rialto, Railway Station and return along the Grand Canal until Ca’ Foscari.

16.00 pm – MACIARELE AND SCHIE REGATTA: two oared regatta on mascarete dedicated to children.

Categories:

  • Maciarele senior (under 14 years). Course: from Punta della Dogana to Ca’ Foscari
  • Schie (under 10 years). Course: from Rialto to Ca’ Foscari
  • Maciarele Junior (under 12 years). Course: from San Stae to Ca’ Foscari

4.30 pm – YOUNG ROWERS’ (YOUNG WOMEN) TWIN-OARED MASCARETE REGATTA

Course: St. Mark’s Bay, Grand Canal, around the paleto in front of Ca’ Farsetti, to finish at Ca’ Foscari.

  1. White: Pinzan Teresa – Pinzan Angela
  2. Yellow: Baldin Gaia – Ceselin Rebecca
  3. Purple: D’este Gaia – D’este Giulia
  4. Light blue: Sarto Alice – Spolaor Giulia
  5. Red: Gaburro Giulia – Allegretto Eva
  6. Green: Zangrando Gaia – Rincorosi Giulia
  7. Orange: Bonacin Elena – Bastasi Beatrice Giovanna
  8. Pink: Penzo Irene – Penzo Sofia

4.50 pm – YOUNG ROWERS’ (YOUNG MEN) TWIN-OARED PUPPARINI REGATTA

Course: St. Mark’s Bay, Grand Canal, around the paleto in front of Ca’ Farsetti, to finish at Ca’ Foscari.

  1. White: Venuti Pietro Nicolò – Rinaldin Gianluca
  2. Yellow: Sarto Nicolò – Musoni Nicola
  3. Purple: Rosan Gabriele – Bonacin Nicolò
  4. Light blue: Smerghetto Samuele – Nardin Alessandro
  5. Red: Callegari Nicolò – Bortolan Alberto
  6. Green: Rizzi Leonardo Ryan – Vorano Riccardo
  7. Orange: Padoan Nicolò – Rendine Andrea Giovanni
  8. Pink: Lazzarini Davide – Santin Tommaso
  9. Brown: Redolfi Tezzat Alvise – Ballarin Riccardo
    Reserve: Lisatti Alvise – Carli Giacomo

5.10 pm – SIX-OARED CAORLINE REGATTA

Course: St. Mark’s Bay, Grand Canal, Rialto (around the paleto in front of San Marcuola), and back down the Grand Canal to finish at Ca’ Foscari.

  1. White: Malcontenta, Voga Riviera Del Brenta (Rizzo Gabriele – Girotto Marco – Busetto Nicola – Palasgo Enrico – Vidal Fabio – Bregantin Gaetano)
  2. Yellow: Cavallino Treporti 2, Remiera Cavallino (Vitturi Flavio – Tagliapietra Enrico – Tagliapietra Jacopo – Enzo Giovanni – Brugnerotto Michele – Salviato Riccardo)
  3. Purple: Città di Caorle, Vogaepara Burano (Zane Matteo – Allegretto Damiano – Secco Yuri – Moretti Tommaso – Redolfi Tezzat Vito – Meneghini Pietro)
  4. Light blue: Murano, Remiera Casteo (Busetto Roberto – Schiavon Nicolò – Busetto Renato – Donà Fabio – Baldin Mattia – Rosin Andrea)
  5. Red: Lido 2, Club Nautico San Marco (Fongher Gianluigi – Fongher Nicolò – Massari Nicola – Massaro Marino – Barichello Giuseppe – Vianello Cristiano)
  6. Green:Lido 1, Club Nautico San Marco (Vianello Cristiano – Vianello Filippo – Caenazzo Riccardo – Busatto Samuele – Boscolo Fabio – Ghezzo Michele)
  7. Orange:Jesolo, Remiera Jesolo (Almansi Marino – Falcone Stefano – Ceciliati Mauro – Marzi Guglielmo – Barina Silvestri Tobia – Della Toffola Sebastiano)
  8. Pink: Dolo, Canottieri Giudecca (Zennaro Eugenio – Carrettin Claudio – Zennaro Filippo – Selle Vittorio – Franzato Marco – Barbieri Raffaele)
  9. Brown: Cavallino Treporti 1, Canottieri Treporti (Lazzarini Marco – Toso Renzo – Rizzi Marco – Lazzarini Francesco – Berton Alberto – Smerghetto Ivan)

INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES BOAT CHALLENGE
After the passage of Caorline (match for third place) and after the passage of Gondolini (final)
Challenge on eight-oared galeoni boats by the crew of Ca’ Foscari and Iuav Universities of Venice versus the teams of other Universities.
Course: From Rialto to Ca’ Foscari.

5.40 pm – WOMEN’S TWIN-OARED MASCARETE REGATTA

Course: St. Mark’s Bay, Grand Canal, Rialto (around the paleto in front of San Marcuola), and back down the Grand Canal to finish at Ca’ Foscari.

  1. White: Almansi Elena – Ghigi Viola
  2. Yellow: Bon Silvia – Scarpa Debora
  3. Purple: Tosi Valentina – Ragazzi Giorgia
  4. Light blue: Nazzari Claudia – Nazzari Sara
  5. Red: Tagliapietra Magda – Catanzaro Romina
  6. Green: Favaretto Margherita – Tagliapietra Giulia
  7. Orange: Schiavon Luisella – Vignotto Lara
  8. Pink: Davanzo Luigina – Caporal Mary Jane
  9. Brown: Cimarosto Nausicaa – Mao Anna
    Reserve: Ballarin Lisa – De Poli Veronica

6.10 pm – TWIN-OARED GONDOLINI REGATTA

Course: St. Mark’s Bay, Grand Canal, Rialto (around the paleto in front of San Marcuola), and back down the Grand Canal to finish at Ca’ Foscari.

  1. White: Ortica Andrea – Colombi Jacopo
  2. Yellow: Marangon Giacomo – Lazzarini Gabriele
  3. Purple: Bertoldini Andrea – Vecchiato Simone
  4. Light blue: Secco Alessandro – Redolfi Tezzat Ivo
  5. Red: Pecoraro Matteo – Rossi Maurizio
  6. Green: D’este Alvise – Colombi Mattia
  7. Orange: Costantini Simone – Busetto Federico
  8. Pink: Pagan Giuliano – Santi Tommaso
  9. Brown: Zaniol Matteo – Trabuio Nicolo
    Reserve: Rosan Tommaso – Bergo Alessandro

Main Events

The Regata Storica is the main event in the annual "Voga alla Veneta" rowing calendar. This unique sport has been practised in the Venetian lagoon for thousands of years and today it is particularly well-known for the spectacular historical water pageant that precedes the race.

Blessing of the gondolini

Presentation of the crews, blessing of the belts and of the boats. The ceremony is preceded by a  water parade in Grand Canal from Rialto to the Salute church.

August, 29th

Marco Polo Cup

In the context of the celebrations of the Historical Regatta on Friday 30th August 2024 will take place on the Grand Canal the Marco Polo Cup, an event which aims to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Marco Polo’s death with a dragon boat challenge within a team from the Venetian Universities – Cus Venezia and a team from the twinned city of Suzhou in China. The challenge will take place on small dragon boats (10 seats) within mixed teams on the distance of 200mt, with arrival at Ca’ Foscari.

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International Universities Rowing Race

The International Universities Rowing Race in the Grand Canal, organized by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice in collaboration with Iuav University of Venice and CUS Venezia, has been held since 2004 on board of historical galleons on the occasion of the Historical Regatta.

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Glossary
Forcola

Oarlock of the lagoon boats. Of different dimensions and shapes depending on the type of boat.

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