The Trophy Tour America’s Cup celebrates a successful first stopover in L’Escala
Photos: Òscar Torveo
Today, Tuesday 25th June, L’Escala became the setting for the first stop of the Trophy Tour America’s Cup. Hundreds of people came to the Sea of Empúries to get a close-up view of the oldest trophy in international sport and to get to know the legendary regatta by participating in the different activities organised jointly by the America’s Cup Event Barcelona, the town council and the Club Nàutic L’Escala.
The official presentation of the silver ewer that gives its name to the America’s Cup took place between 5pm and 8pm at the Club Nàutic L’Escala waiting dock and featured speeches by Club President Narcís Carreras, America’s Cup CEO Grant Dalton, Second Vice President of the Costa Brava Tourist Board Joan Plana, the Delegate of the Catalan Government in Girona, Anna Torrentà, and the Mayor of L’Escala, Josep Bofill.
The event served to announce some of the details of the 37th America’s Cup, which will start in Barcelona on 22nd August. After the speeches, both the institutional representatives and the public were able to take a photo with the oldest trophy in international sport. They could also enjoy a village that offered an immersive tour of different aspects of the regatta, such as the history, the boats and how the crews work, as well as a gastronomic tasting of local products.
This was the end of a day that began at 10:30 am at the Club’s Sailing School and which showed the America’s Cup colours all along the coastline of L’Escala thanks to the 80 sailors who took part in the nautical activities planned. The regatta was integrated into the Club’s sailing courses and guided sailing routes, the Optimist Clinic organised by Blackpatt and the Club Vela La Ballena Alegre between the 24th and 28th of June and the inclusive sailing activity organised with Grup Mifas as part of the project For an accessible sea. The session ended with a pasta dish for all attendees.
After its premiere in L’Escala, the Trophy Tour of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup continues its tour of the Catalan coast in Palamós, the second of the six stops on its exhibition and dissemination of the oldest trophy in world sport. The tour will finish in Barcelona on Monday 1st July.
The America’s Cup is one of the oldest and most important competitions in the world. According to some sources, it is the third sporting event with the greatest economic impact for the country that hosts it and offers as a prize the oldest trophy in international sport. We have to go back to 1851 to discover the first winner, the schooner America of the New York Yacht Club, which won the valuable silver ewer after winning a race organised by the British Royal Yacht Squadron consisting of sailing around the Isle of Wight.
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