Our Challenging Crossing has begun!

Waiting for a spare part in the sunny Canary islands and unfavorable weather conditions have brought us substantial delay in our crossing schedule as we left Tenerife yesterday evening at long last.

Two stationary  areas of low pressure don't allow the trade winds formation in the south but give us strong headwinds which requires close hauled sailing. We will sail Northbound until the wind becomes too strong for us and then we will turn to the south towards calmer seas and wait for the wind to turn around until we head to the North again.

At the moment it seems that we will be beating upwind for the next ten days, gaining 200 miles per days but sailing many more.

In this scenario life on board is not easy, although someone migt expect us to be drinking Pinacolada in shorts pants and reading Conrad books to kill the time. Even though we cannot eat so comfortably, our great chef Sophie delights us with excellent and varied warm meals. It is a wonder how she can cook such delicious foods in these extreme conditions! 

Stay Tuned!

We have left the Mediterranean behind on our crossing adventure!

After our departure from Genoa, we've sailed along the French coast in challenging  wind conditions. With winds ranging from 20 to 30 knots we've kept  an average speed of 12 knots and enjoyed  Cape Arrow surfing up to a maximum speed of 16.5 knots.

The intense sailing carried on with a challenging night that required sail changes, reefing, squalls with strong rains and cold!

The following day has been milder and we enjoyed a sunny day of close-hauled navigation. Another challenging night welcomed us to the Alboran Sea with strong winds blowing from the West around 25-40 knots. We've been sailing conservatively close to the coast until sighting the Gibraltar rock on Tuesday afternoon.

The last gift of the Mediterranean Sea to Cape Arrow was a delicious 5 kilos Tuna that didn't see the day after!

Yesterday we left the strait and a striking red moon on our shoulders welcomed us and Cape Arrow in  the Atlantic waters.

As the wind blows strongly backward on our straight itinerary to the Caribbean, we've decided to take the direction to Tenerife.

There is still a sparkling air but the sun is shining and we are looking forward to take off our oilskins soon and put our brand new t-shirts and bermuda shorts on!

It's all for this moment from North Atlantic !  Stay tuned!

Ready for 2014 Caribbean Season!

After one month passed under the careful and dedicated hands of Pegaso/Southern Wind Customer Care team, Cape Arrow is now ready to leave for the forthcoming winter Caribbean Season.

Due to bad weather conditions, the departure had to be delayed by a few days due to fierce weather conditions but we are now ready  for another exciting Atlantic crossing. If the winds will be as favorable as we hope we would like to sail all the way to Antigua with no half way stops.

Our charter season will begin very soon and we would like to prepare and set Cape Arrow at her best for our first guests who will join us in St Maarten before Christmas.

Not only relaxing charter is on our booking calendar. Every year Cape Arrow attends the most breathtaking regattas of the Caribbean and also for 2014 we already have a racing charter booked for the RORC 600 Caribbean Regatta that will be held from 24^th to 28^th February.

We will keep you posted from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean! 

Stay tuned and wish us safe winds and following seas!

Cape Arrow is pleased to introduce to you her new crew!

SY Cape Arrow is pleased to introduce to you her brand new crew that is going to run this winter’s charter season through the stunning waters of the Caribbean.

The owner has selected the new crew members amongst very high professional profiles.

With a great experience in the command of race and luxury cruise yachts Fabrizio Oddone, is the new captain of Cape Arrow, after spending an intense and successful summer charter season in Med onboard of Southern Wind 94 Windfall. At his side Carlos Carrer is his first mate, with a great number of SW deliveries from South Africa including the maiden voyage of SW82 Feelin’ Good, the most recent yacht to have been launched by Southern Wind Shipyard. The new chef Sophie Jenot will not only delight guests with her flavored and sophisticated recipes, but she will also help Fabrizio and Carlos on deck thanks to the expertise she has gained working in onboard for the past few years. She has also participated to  several regattas and deliveries. Last but not least, with a long experience as hostess onboard of Southern Wind 100 Farandwide, Lana Fruhwirth will assist  guests in all their various requests giving a touch of elegance and glamour to the Cape Arrow charter experience.

Fabrizio, Carlos, Sophie and Lana are already onboard in Marina Molo Vecchio (Genoa) working hard to prepare Cape Arrow for the upcoming Atlantic crossing.

You may see their full profiles in the dedicated section and stay tuned for further news!

Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta 2013 day #4

Cape Arrow left Yacht Club Costa Smeralda dock  at 10.30 this morning, and just outside the port we found a flat sea, no wind and a cloudy sky which was threaten rain ... We waited instructions from the Jury and we were afraid the race wouldn't have started, since the conditions were so miserable.

Around 11.30 the race jury decided to postpone the departure of half an hour with a shorter race course, division A and B together, since there were just 10 kts. We finally started the race and we made a very good departure with the gennaker on and we were about to pass Salperton, when the jury announced that the race was cancelled! We were all very disappointed, especially since we sail very few today.

Anyway, the good point about today is that we kept our position, which means that ...CAPE ARROW IS THIRD OVERALL!! We are all very happy: Cape Arrow showed once again to be a great yacht, comfortable and also able to race....and win!

See you soon for new adventures!

Cape Arrow's crew

Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta 2013 day #3

Another amazing day passed on board Cape Arrow, enjoying the warm Sardinian sun and racing @ the Loro Piana Super Yacht Regatta! 

The wind conditions were a little bit different that what was announced ("very light wind"), with  15-20 kts from North West. 

We went out on the water at 10.30 a.m. and we were happily informed  that the jury had chosen to group the three divisions (Cape Arrow is in the B one) all together, so that all the 21 yachts were racing following the same course. This latter was of 37 nm, passing by some of the most beautiful spots of the Maddalena Arcipelago, such as Isle of Lavezzi, Ilse of Spargi and Isle of Spargiotti. 

Cape Arrow started well, sailing for two boards close hauled to the wind; in the board where we should have gone on a close reach, we had some problems with the gennaker, so its lifting took us couple of minutes...unfortunately this little delay cost Cape Arrow some positions and we closed the day on the fifth place. 

We are still third overall of our division, let's see tomorrow, the last day of the Regatta, what we would do! Cape Arrow is not equipped as a 100% racing boat, but still she goes very fast...good job Cape Arrow and crew! 

Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta 2013: Day #2

Second place!! Cape Arrow did an amazing race today, winning the second place and being - at the moment-  third overall at just two points from the first one for now...not bad! 

Today has been a sunny and windy day, with 13-18 kts from S/SE. Today's itinerary race of 30 nm was a "slalom" among the most beautiful spots of this area, such as the Isle of La Maddalena, and all the people on board enjoyed a lot the astonishing view.

Cape Arrow crossed the start line around 12 a.m., with gennaker and mainsail on, towards the Monaci buoy, which they left at left, then they continued towards Cape Orso, and the Tre Monti shoal. 

Everyone on board really enjoyed being on the water and at their arrival at the deck, they cheered to the good day of sailing and to the result! 

Tomorrow is expected to be as windy as today, so hopefully is gonna to be fun...!

Stay tuned for the next adventures and follow Cape Arrow live every day at http://yb.tl/LPST2013!