For the 5th consecutive year, Hi Fly is a proud Partner of the Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy and the Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team.
The annual Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy, which took place from 5 to 7 july, in Cascais, Portugal, came to a close on Sunday evening after two days of close and intense racing.
The festival of sailing was contested in gripping sailing conditions by 700 sailors battling across seven classes, including NHC, ORC, SNIPE, SB20, FINN, J70 and OPTIMIST.
Recognised by UNESCO as an Ocean Decade event for the regatta’s work to promote and raise funds for ocean health initiatives, the event is becoming known as one of the highlights of the European summer sailing calendar and a signature event for the city of Cascais and the organisers Clube Naval de Cascais.
Established in 2020 to help raise important funds for marine conservation, the entry fees for the sustainability-focused regatta are donated to ocean health projects by the event’s founder, the Mirpuri Foundation, the principal sustainability partner of Hi Fly.
The three-day event got underway on Friday 5th with the sustainable conference Mirpuri Foundation Conservation Forum, in partnership with the Explorers Club – Portugal Chapter.
On Saturday, the 6th of July, the full fleet lined up for two days of racing and were supported by a Portuguese Navy Ship, which fired the ceremonial start cannon from its deck.
The winner in real time was the Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team, also supported by Hi Fly, who competed onboard their thoroughbred VO65 “Racing for the Planet, skippered by the Portuguese Olympian Bernardo Freitas.
In addition to the competitive awards, the Mirpuri Foundation Ocean Award in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) was announced. This year, the award goes to an IUCN-led initiative titled “Strengthening Community Engagement and Improvement of Community-based Waste Management at Baan Koh Mook, Koh Libong Sub-district, Thailand.”
