Lindley supplies pontoons for The Ocean Race 2023

This is the fif th time that Alicant e has been c hosen as the s t ar ting point for the worldwide regatt a The Ocean Race.

The public entity Generalitat Valenciana, through its company Sociedad de Proyectos para la Transfor mación Digital, has contracted Almarin for the installation and subsequent removal of the floating and mooring infrastructure to host the regatta and suppor t boats during the presence in Alicante until the regatta’s star t A total of 360 linear metres of Lindley floating pontoons and several anchorages and swing moorings to moor the boats in case of emergency have been installed for the suppor t vessels of the par ticipating boats From Alicante the regatta sailed to Mindelo on the island of São Vicente (Cape Verde) At this stopover Lindley Marinas built and installed the floating infrastructure to receive the regatta and suppor t boats Local por t authority Enapor has awarded a contract for the supply, installation and removal of 140 linear metres of pontoons with bow moorings for the event Access by two gangways from the fixed jetty through bridgeheads designed and installed by Lindley, including water and electricity ser vices ensure that the fleet will have proper conditions for their stopover in Cape Verde After the South Africa (Cape Town) stage, the fleet disembarks at Itajaí (Brazil), where Lindley Marinas and its local par tner built and installed the floating infrastructure for the boat ber thing and mooring. The pontoons were built locally using reinforced concrete pontoons with polystyrene core. After the event they will be reused for the neighbouring Marina de Itajaí, built by Lindley in two stages in 2015 and 2018. "From Almarin and Lindley, we ’ re honoured to contribute to this fantastic project where the best regatta teams compete, and also to able to join the event’s motto based on sustainability, recycling and reusage for protection of the oceans," said Luis Vasconcelos Dias, CEO of Lindley Marinas. Lindley Marinas will be exhibiting in the Icomia 2023 - World Marinas Conference, which will take place from October 9th to 11th at the Tivoli Vilamoura conference center, in Vilamoura (Por tugal). The Por tuguese company specialized in floating pontoons for marinas and por ts is the sponsor for the Visit Tour which comprises visits to Marina Vilamoura, Marina Albufeira and Marina Lagos, three of the largest marinas in the Por tuguese southern coast www.lindley.pt