After eight races (seven around buoys and one coastal race) the Edison Next 2026 Italian Offshore Sailing Championship, organised for the Italian Sailing Federation (FIV) and the U.V.A.I. (Italian Offshore Sailing Union) by the Yacht Club Gaeta E.V.S., featured 32 boats spread across two groups and five classes.

In addition to the Italian titles, the Championship awarded the Tre Mari Trophy, which recognises the top-ranked boat amongst those that qualified in the relevant selection races; the Carlo De Zerbi Trophy, which honours the Italian champions in the Regatta and Cruising/Regatta classes; and the Owner-Helmsman Trophy.

These are the 2026 Overall Italian Champions – Carlo De Zerbi Trophy. In Group 2, the titles went to Chisum, the Cape 31 owned by Andrea Castrucci (CNV Argentario), which, as well as winning in Class C, also claimed the title in the Class C Corinthian

In Group 1, the titles went to To Be, an Italia Yachts 11.98, owned by Stefano Rusconi (Yacht Club Italiano) for Class B; to Guardamago 3, an Italia Yachts 11.98 owned by Massimo Romeo Piparo (CC Aniene) for the Class B Corinthian; and to Morgan V, a Swan 42, owned by Nicola de Gemmis (Circolo Canottieri Barion), for Class A.

The special prize for the crew with the highest proportion of women sailors went to Sayann, a First 40 owned by Paolo Cavarocchi (LNI Anzio), while the Owner-Helmsman Trophy went to Andrea Castrucci of Chisum for Group 2 and to Stefano Rusconi of To Be for Group 1.

The Tre Mari Trophy went to Sarchiapone Fuoriserie, an Italia Yachts 9.98 owned by Gianluigi Dubbini (S. Garda Salò) in Group 2, and to Selene Alifax, a Swan 42 owned by Massimo De Campo (Yacht Club Lignano) in Group 1.

The 2026 Italian Offshore Championship was also marked by the inclusion of two special initiatives. Participants were asked to join a project run by the Ocean Foundation, an organisation founded in 2018, with Confindustria Nautica, the Italian Marine Industry Association, among the first signatories of its Charta Smeralda for the protection of the seas. Part of this first initiative was the presence on each team of a RECO – as the project is referred to – or On-Board Environmental Officer, involved a member of the crew on each Championship boat taking responsibility for ensuring positive environmental practices on board.

The second initiative was the “Buon Vento per la Ricerca” campaign (“Fairs Winds for Research”), which sees the Italian Sailing Federation working alongside the AIRC