Cape Arrow moral winner of St Barth Bucket 2013

Today "Les Gazelle de mer" class gave the best story of the event.

After the first two races, Cape Arrow, Visione and P2, were all tied with six points going into today's race: a "Wrong Way Around" race of 24.5 nm.

Francesco De Angelis' clever tactic was well responding against Unfurled, which was our direct competitor of this final race: Cape Arrow leaded the fleet for almost the first half of the race.

Ph. Carlo Borlenghi/Sea Way

The first place overall was just few miles in front of us, when a silly but fatal damage to the Genoa, forced us to dramatically slow down our run to the podium!

The bitter taste of our final forth place is nothing if compared to the performance and results gained by Cape Arrow during these two weeks, both at Loro Piana Caribbean Superyacht Regatta and here at St Barth.

Ph. Carlo Borlenghi/Sea Way

Now it is time to turn page, set the boat to welcome our next customers for the last charter of the season and then to leave the Caribbean for the Med.

A racing and charter summer season is waiting for us and we are really looking forward to sharing Cape Arrow's performance and comfort with new guests.

See you all,

Cape Arrow crew

Waiting for the overall results

The race just finished: third place after Unfurled and Rebecca. Let's wait for the results after two races. Yesterday, Unfurled did not well... Maybe some good news will come! 

Fingers crossed! 

Day n° 2 : ready to start

St. Barth, day n° 2, 10:15 a.m.

Under an annoying raining, which is hopefully going to stop soon, Cape Arrow is leaving the dock for the 27 nm race "Not So Wiggley Course"  Long version.

Our departure time is scheduled  at 12:33:00

Follow us!

Good start :III place in the "Gazelles de Mer" class!

Today, first day of race!

Course n. 2 "Around the island - medium" of approx 20 miles was chosen to unveil the St Barth Bucket Race 2013.

Cape Arrow and the other "Mademoiselles, Gazelles e Grand dames de mer" raced pushed by light breezes around St Barth island leaving to port side  Ile de Boulanger, Ile Pelè and Ile Fourchue.

We are very satisfied about our perfomance which is reflected by a good third place, just two seconds after P2 and by our elapsed time close to those of larger yachts such as Zefira and Lady B.

Tomorrow "Not so wiggle course" is scheduled. A much more technical course out of islands to the North West of St Barth. We will have to work and trim a lot, but day n° 2 will be a promise of fun and strong competition.

Today evening: dock party and fleet open house.

Welcome onboard of Cape Arrow!

Lying in St. Barth

Here we are, just arrived in the wonderful frame of St Barth Island! A puffy white clouds parade through a clear blue sky and a warm balmy breeze make our presence here really nice and agreeable.

Unfortunately Loro Piana Superyacht Trophy has been cancelled by the race committee, so we'll have to wait until the next year edition to join this amazing adventure!

In the meanwhile we are now getting ready for the Bucket Regatta, which is a very good chance for us to refine and improve our Virgin Gorda performance...!

Tomorrow we will register the boat and start the first training session..the race is supposed to begin on Friday 29th, at 11:00 a.m (local time).

For further information please visit the "Notice of race" on the event website or by clicking on the following link:

http://www.bucketregattas.com/stbarths/announcement.html

Stay tuned!

Moving to St Barth

After almost a week spent in Virgin Gorda at YCCS for the Loro Piana Caribbean Superyacht Regatta, we are now getting ready for the Loro Piana Superyacht Trophy, which will take us to the nearby St Barth Island.

About 100 miles of pure adrenaline sailing are waiting for us; both the boat and the crew are ready and galvanized by the recent results and we hope to do our best!

The time for the first signal is scheduled at 10.00 a.m and you can truck us online on the dedicated page of this blog!

We hope you'll join us in this really new charming adventure!

Loro Piana Final Result: Cape Arrow rencked II in Class A

As forecasted, today the wind was lighter, about 11-13 knods, and course n° 8 (Virgin Gorda circumnavigation clock wise) was decided for the third and last day of race.

Profs crew and guests (we had some press onboard and some special guests of Loro Piana) were all excited for the competition. Few points separated us, the first 3 classified, so the games were still open.

We finished second, an absolutely satisfactory result, fighting to gain any precious seconds

Photo by Superyacht Media

On Monday we will leave for the Feder race, the new race organized by Loro Piana from Virgin Gorda to St Barth. A good opportunity to make the delivery of the boat for the Bucket Race more excited.

Now we look forward to confirming our good performance also at the St Barth Bucket Race.

So,  see you there!

I place overall: great satisfaction!

Day n° 2. Sun, 13-14 knods of wind. Just a little surprise to know that the race commitee chose a course not included in the selected ones. Anyway, we and Cape Arrow really did our best.

Everything went smooth and the final result shows it: third place and an excellent I place overall after the first two races.

Mr Pierluigi Loro Piana, at the helm, enjoyed the day a lot. A double satisfaction for all of us.

Photos  courtesy of YCCS

Tomorrow the last race. Let's keep the fingers crossed!

This evening an exclusive beach party at Oil Nut Bay is waiting for us.

III Place for Cape Arrow !!

Here the results of the first race: Cape Arrow is at the third place after  Salperton IV and Zefira!!

Photo by Superyacht Media

Tomorrow's forecasts suggest slightly lighter winds for racing, but in the meanwhile tonight the Owner's dinner is coming!!

Here we are at the starting line!

There’s no two without three.

Perfect weather conditions really bring us joy to our first racing day: blue sky, sun and a southeasterly breeze of about 14 knots were waiting for us at the starting line.

Course no. 9 foresees a Virgin Gorda Tour of about 28 miles: we started with a first windward mark and then the fleet went on a fetch inside the Dog Islands and down to Ginger Island, where we have been the first A Division yacht to arrive!

We ended with a long leg at close reach along the western side of the Island. Everything was going really well apart from a wind hole that met us firstly and that involuntarily warned our opponents, so that they avoided in loosing some really precious minutes!

Nevertheless we are really satisfied of an honorable third place and of the yacht performance! Now the crew is arranging their plans for tomorrow race to do even better.

..but tonight everybody is going to celebrate at the Crew Party!

BBQ Tonight

A really friendly and lovely atmosphere has welcomed us at the Barbeque Party tonight!

We met a lot of old and new frineds and it has been a really good occasion to empower the crew spirit and motivation!

Photo by Superyacht Media

Photo by Superyacht Media

We are now going to rest some hours to get ready for the "battle!!

The race is coming!

Here we are again, after a wonderful Carribean day: regular wind from 15 to 18 knots and plenty of sun!

The first offical day of the event has been spent for boat registration, skipper briefing and another important training sessions.

Photo by Superyacht Media

The Cape Arrow crew seems to be in perfect harmony with her racing crew, once  again it demonstrates there are high level skills and flexibility being all so helpful in the yacht management.

Photo by Superyacht Media

But who are these very high performer crew members?

Find it out on the blog page dedicated to the racing crew members!

Tonight at the loan of the YCCS there will be a Welcome Barbecue party .

Tomorrow let's be ready for the first racing day, which is going to start approximately around 11 a.m local time (CDT)!!

Keep staying tuned!

What a training day!

Hi Everybody,

the first training day has come to an end! We had the opportunity to circumnavigate the island extending  the  racing route of about 27 miles.

We could enjoy outstanding weather conditions: sun and wind with 15-20 knots, let us test all the points of sail  and experience Cape Arrow qualities.

We are happy to notice a good harmony and a cooperative attitude among all the racing and permanent crew!

Hope to repeat soon such a good time, see you tomorrow!

Good morning Virgin Gorda!

Good morning everyone from Virgin Gorda!

Today it's a cloudy day but with 26°C (77°F) and this really warms up the day!

We are setting the yacht for the racing asset and we are going to host the racing crew onboard.

Also Boat International is following our preparation on Twitter, check this out:

Tomorrow there will be the Sailing Yacht Captains’ briefing where Andrea Balzarini takes part in, and the day after the regatta will finally start.

Stay tuned!  

Virgin Gorda: here we come!

We have just arrived in Virgin Gorda at the wonderful Caribbean YCCS venue, to partecipate in Loro Piana Caribbean Superyacht Regatta: one of the most prestigious superyacht racing event of this season!

We are even more excited because of the arrival onboard of Mr Pier Luigi Loro Piana, the event patron, along with his crew where a special mention is dedicated to Francesco De Angelis.

It's an honor to Cape Arrow having been selected by such highly experienced racers.

We can't wait for starting first trainings, but mostly to get the race started on March 21st!

Keep following us!

 

Cape Arrow @RORC 600 - 2013
Photo Courtesy: Tim Wright