Nessun Dorma: a charity voyage around the world

The Centenary of the Costa Brava and the destination’s accessibility are promoted all over the world thanks to the voyage of the Nessun Dorma yacht.

This month, the sailor Marco Enric Bou will begin a two-year round-the-world voyage aboard the Nessun Dorma, an ambitiously designed yacht built entirely on the Costa Brava, at the Pita de Pau shipyard. What distinguishes the Nessun Dorma initiative is that the yacht has been designed specifically for people with reduced mobility, thus breaking down barriers for disabled people and giving them the chance to sail. Marco Enric Bou has planned a programme of awareness-raising activities for the New Zealand leg of the voyage.

The Patronat de Turisme Costa Brava Girona is sponsoring this initiative as part of the commemoration of the Centenary of the Costa Brava and a large Centenary logo is featured on the yacht’s gennaker (the sail at the bow). The aim is to promote the Costa Brava all over the world, raising its profile in New Zealand, Australia, Africa and South America. Furthermore, the commitment to more accessible tourism, among the Patronat’s objectives for the coming years, will become tangible through this initiative.