Lake Garda
58rd CENTOMIGLIA-MULTICENTO-CENTOPEOPLE Lake Garda and its many "Centomiglia" races - Three regattas on September 6, two on Sunday, August 31 with the Gorla Trophy (monohulls) and the 50Miglia (multihulls). During the week, the Asso 99 National Championships. Three Olympic medalists already registered for the race. The "100e20-Cento-Eventi" between Gargnano and Toscolano-Maderno. Sail therapy projects participating in the CentoPeople. "Global" sailing in store.
The next preview on July 16.

Gargnano - The events of the Lake Garda Centomiglia, the world's most beautiful fresh water regatta, will be held from August 29 to September 6, 2008. It will be a week full of challenges, festivities, theme evenings dedicated to the great food and wine of the Riviera dei Limoni, and concerts in the two ports of Bogliaco and in a special area south of the beaches of Toscolano-Maderno. The final festivities will take place on September 27-28 with the kids of the Children's Hospital of Brescia and the Associazione Bambino Emopatico(Children's Hemopathic Association).

Numerous Olympic Champions - Early confirmations have already arrived for the Centomiglia and MultiCento races. The first came from the United States, with the registration of the "Extreme X40" Tommy Hilfiger, once again helmed by Randy Smyth, a legend in multihull racing with two Olympic medals, 15 world titles aboard various catamarans and trimarans, the America's Cup won with Dennis Conner in 1988 aboard the Stars and Stripes maxi-cat, First Place in last year's Gargnano Yacht Club race, and his name written in the Records after Austrian Olympic Andreas Hagara (also confirmed for the race) and Giovanni Soldini, the winners of the first edition. On the eve of the Centomiglia, the Tommy Hilfiger will organize a special day with a Guest Star (motorcycle Moto GP champion Marco Melandri was the special guest last year). Olympic champion Carolijn Brouwer -- born in Ostenda, Belgium but currently living in Rio de Janeiro - will arrive directly from China, where she will participate in the Tornado class race at the Beijing Olympics (she will be the only female skipper in an Open group). Her tactician and bowman will be the former Finnish Olympic medalist Sebastien Godefroid, who won the 2001 world championship and a silver medal in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Jo Richards, another Olympic skipper, will arrive from England with his 11-meter Full Pelt, which he personally designed based on the Libera class boats from Garda. He also designed the latest product of the famous Laser shipyard and the Black 41, the 19-meter catamaran that Team Alinghi is using to explore the world of multihulls in view of the 2009 America's Cup. Participating in the Asso 99 Italian Championship, held during the week between the Gorla Trophy and the Centomiglia, will also be Luitpold von Bayern, the great-grandson of King Ludwig of Baviera, and the boat of the Yacht Club school, the glorious "Pigreco 3" that Franco La Micela donated to the Gargnano club. The Pigreco will bear the logos of "007 Quantum" and of the Riviera dei Limoni consortium to thank the production of the 22nd James Bond film for having chosen Lake Garda as the set for the film's beginning scenes and for donating a precious 4X4 ambulance for the northern area of the lake.

The 2008 Program - The march towards the "100e20-CentoEventi" will begin mid-July with the official presentation of the race. During the press conference, the new poster, the Centomiglia Magazine, which will be distributed by mid July to yacht clubs throughout Europe, and the new headline for the race (the world's most beautiful regattas) will be presented.
The yacht rating operations for the Asso 99 Italian Open Championship will take place on August 29,while the 42nd Ricardo Gorla Trophy , the classic long-distance race for monohulls, and the 50Miglia race for multihulls will take place on August 31. During the week the town square and new port will host the events of Cento Week, with the other heats of the Asso 99 Championship, the awards ceremonies for the various races, and theme evenings presented by various important local organizations such as the Riviera dei Limoni and the Garda Classico Bresciano (Wine Consortium). These are just a few of the partners joining the other sponsors: Ariadsl, Amica Chips, Marina Yachting, Burgo Group, Rappydrive, Moniga Porto, and the Consiglio Regionale della Lombardia.

58th edition and a great party at the end of September - The 58th edition of Centomiglia and the two other races - the "MultiCento" and the "CentoPeople" for sailing therapy projects and associations - will take place on September 6 and 7, 2008. The races will be broadcast live on the RAI Sport Sat channel (and also on terrestrial digital channel) and several events will also be featured on a late-night program on a RAI national channel. The Centomiglia will have a very special conclusion at the end of September. The CentoGames and the second edition of the Childrenwindcup, a race sponsored by the Abe (Associazione bambino emopatico)Hemopathic Children's Association with the Children's Hospital of Brescia, will take place on September 27-28, 2008. The famous skippers will be joined by children and by show business celebrities, sports champions, and well-known cultural figures. During the event, Riviera dei Limoni will present the new ambulance donated by the production of "007 Quantum" film.