Simone Bianchetti

Simone Bianchetti

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1968-02-20)20 February 1968 Cervia
Died	June 28, 2003(2003-06-28) (aged 35)

Simone Bianchetti was an Italian professional sailor born on February 20, 1968, in Cervia (in the province of Ravenna in Italy) and died on June 28, 2003, in Savona in Italy.

Biography

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. He finished fourth in the IMOCA class under the name Tiscali. Finally, he sold it to Patrick de Radiguès. He then turned to the Boat of Catherine Chabaud, the former The Penguin, which he renamed Tiscali because he kept the same sponsor. He participated in Around Alone, which he finished in third place. Coincidentally, Patrick de Radiguès competed in the same competition on Simone's old boat, but had less luck and had to give up.

On 28 June 2003 he died of a ruptured aneurysm while on his boat Tiscali in the port of Savona.

Sailing Career highlights

Year	Pos	Race	Class	Boat Name	Notes	Ref.
Round the World Races
2003	3	Around Alone Race	IMOCA 60	Tiscali
2001	15	2000-2001 Vendee Globe	IMOCA 60	Wind Telecommunicazioni
1994	DNF	BOC Challenge	IMOCA 50	Town of Cervia
Trans Ocean Races
1998	26	Route du Rhum		Italia Telecom TNT
1996	2	Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race	Mono 45 ft	Merit Cup
1996		Transat Québec–Saint-Malo
1995	10	Mini Transat Race	Mini Transat 6.50	Vismara Kidogo
Other Races
2001	4	Fastnet Race	IMOCA 60	Tiscali

Publications

• Simone Bianchetti (2000). Olimpia (ed.). Poemetti furiosi di un navigatore (in Italian). Florence.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Simone Bianchetti; Fabio Pozzo (2003). Longanesi & Cie (ed.). I colori dell'oceano (in Italian). Milan. p. 212. ISBN 9788830420885.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)