Andrea Mura thought: “This is why I still believe in the Vendée Globe.”

Andrea Mura has never stopped dreaming big. After the Global Solo Challenge, the solo round-the-world race with no stopovers or assistance reserved for boats that do not belong to the current ocean racing classes (which he closed in 1st place in real time and 3rd in IRC handicap aboard his now 25-year-old Open 50 Vento di Sardegna) the Sardinian sailor’s fixed thought remains only one: to participate in the Vendée Globe round-the-world race, perhaps already in the 2028 one. He had come very close in the 2016-2017 edition, but after having had it built he was forced to abandon the campaign due to lack of funds.

Andrea Mura: “My yearning for a world tour.”

After the Global adventure, Mura wants to try again and believes in it. He visited us in Cala de Medici, for the 50th anniversary of the Giornale della Vela, awarded, like all Sailors of the Year in history, the “Epic” Lifetime Achievement Award. We honored him in 2014 as Sailor of the Year for his victory at the 2013 Ostar, but his career is littered with ocean successes.

Born in Cagliari, Italy, on September 13, 1964, he has a long and prestigious sporting history: eight years on the FIV National Team, three Olympic campaigns, and one America’s Cup campaign as a mainsail trimmer on the Moro di Venezia. In 2007, he put the Open 50 Vento di Sardegna on the water, beginning his oceanic journey. In Mura’s sights, among others, were the Route de Rhum, won in 2010, the Twostar and the Québec-Saint Malo in 2012, as well as the aforementioned Ostar.

In the following interview he tells us about his Vento di Sardegna, his vision for Italian sailing, and of course his desire for Vendée Globe.

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Interview with Andrea Mura