A real sailing party on Sunday, October 8, 2017 in Trieste for Barcolana 49, which has surpassed all international records and reached 2101 members!

In 2019 the Barcolana officially became the biggest regatta in the world.

The Guinness World Record has certified it, inserting the 50th edition of the regatta among world records. 

"The largest regatta in the world - writes the Guinness World Record - has 2689 participants and is the Barcolana of Trieste."

The record was obtained on October 14, 2018.

Because it epitomises the intimate links, the love affair, between Trieste and the sea. Because it's important to take part and say "I was there". Because the festival involves participants and spectators alike. The excitementbegins when the Barcolana Village is erected, grows as the boats arrive, and peaks on the day of the regatta. Everyone lines up to watch the great spectacle in the Gulf of Trieste. 

For lovers of the sea and sailing, and those who wouldn't dream of missing such a unique spectacle, the regatta takes place in Trieste every year on the second Sunday of October. 

- the Napoleonica, a scenic track between the Opicina Obelisk and the Prosecco rock-climbing area.
- the Vittoria lighthouse, which opens for the occasion in the morning
- the Santa Croce observation post, one of the most scenic points of the outer Karst region
- the Trieste seafront, to applaud as the winner arrives in front of Piazza Unità
- the Muggia Promenade, to see boats arriving at the first buoy 
- and obviously, on a boat ;) 

To celebrate 46 years of the regatta, the Barcolana organisation had a new wooden sailing boat constructed in just two weeks, and commissioned an inspiring video recording the particulars, emotions and feelings of people who feel drawn in some way to sailing boats, the sea and Trieste. 

In this video by Pablo Apiolazza, the Argentine filmmaker who came to live in Trieste, Paolo Rumiz recounts the spirit of the Barcolana and the birth of the small boat "Spigola", built in homage to the seafaring tradition in the Upper Adriatic, recalling its origins and the deep, indissoluble link with the sea that has always been the moving spirit of Trieste. 

The wooden boat was built by the Alto Adriatico di Monfalcone shipyard and master carpenter Mario Mallardi, a true artist.