Reaching the Med!

Caribbean season has come to an end and we are now leaving for a new adventure in the mediterranean sea.

As soon as we left St Barth in the morning...

Wind was mounting from 12 to 30 kt, the sea was growing too and in the late afternoon we started surfing. We flew all night. No matter if raising the bow up and starting the surf is not easy on Cape Arrow, we’ve reached 23,8 kt top speed…what a thrill (312 miles in 24 hours)

This morning a cold front surprised us and after a quick jibe with 35kt and 5 meters wave we’ve steered our course through Horta Island...155 miles to the destination, only 180 more than the direct course!

These are the special moments that make me realise why I do it.

Every time, I ask myself what am I doing again in the middle of the sea concerned for the boat and the crew, then I stop and look around for a while…and I figure out that I know the answer: I’m lucky, I do what I love and I’m sailing with the best crew ever.

Mission accomplished!See you in St. Barth...

2 days  10 hours 53 minutes 4 seconds in real time: RORC Caribbean 600, the perfect race in terms of fun and competition is done!

Final position over all 12^th, 10^th in real time on the whole fleet of 60 yachts.

Everybody on board is smiling, happy, satisfied for the nearly 59 hours sailed together. We crossed the finish line on Wednesday 26 at 22:23 local time. Genoa is than furled, mainsail is dropped, and after few minutes Fabrizio is manoeuvring Cape Arrow back to her dock fighting with the lights on deck and ashore to  identify the approach channel to harbour. RORC warm welcome is stunning! 3 ladies with 2 cases of iced beers are waving at us from the dock, ready to shoot a picture with the RORC600 banner well at sight and careful to collect back Yellowbrick tracker, skipper declaration etc.

Roberta and Lana are ready to jump on board, just in time to join us for the next mission: now it is finally time to celebrate honouring our Russian guests tradition. Vodka is on the table and shots are drunk at the end of each speech done by Igor, Kirill, Andrea C., Fabrizio, Andrea M……I am afraid some of us do not exactly remember all the speeches! European crew is well represented by Carlos (Catalan!) in proving that we too can properly drink a shot of vodka from a glass sitting on the elbow. Couple of Italians try, but we must admit this discipline doesn’t see us among the favourites!!

Lorenzo Mazza  resumed this adventure in some words: “Having had the opportunity to live on board for the duration of the event, I can easily say how much I enjoyed it! Very easy and nice boat to sail, efficient and reliable with the systems”.

Congratulation to everybody. Thank you to everybody!

See you in  St. Barth on March 27^th where Cape Arrow will show again her racing aptitude on the Bucket Regatta!

Cape Arrow Crew

Reaching the finish line..

After leaving Montserrat to port, we headed to Guadeloupe. This call (by Francesco) proved to be quite effective and few competitors dared to do the same. Our aim was to approach Guadeloupe island quite wide to avoid getting stuck into this big island wind shadow.  Navigation brief of Sunday, our purposes, our ideas were all right and clear in avoiding getting stuck in a no wind zone. No wonder: we found us at 0.00 kts with staysail deployed and wind seeker celebrating any speed above 0.2 kts. Around us a couple of yachts more ashore and farther away alternated accelerations and stops. Fighting to leave the no wind zone, regretting the lack of land breeze (not available in the Caribbean due to the little difference in temperature between the land and the sea), everybody started wondering if we should have passed more ashore or farther away. Land was well lighted by many spots, while stars were still very visible: I had the strong feeling they were enjoying the view of these 50 yachts, at least 500 crews playing with sails, rudders, instruments for hours to cross this tricky couple of miles.

It took us about 1 hour and a half to start sailing fast again. It could have been much worst. It was good for the crews off-watch who  could enjoy a flat yacht for a while.

Good fun again sailing upwind to clear the island and reaching to Barbuda buoy. Actually, not too much fun as the next watch spent few hours under heavy rain. Lucky enough I came back on watch again at 6 o’Clock just in time to appreciate a deck with no salt, soft sheets, clean…thus still little wet foul weather gears etc. No sun and heavy showers all around welcomed me on deck. No complain: soon after Sophie came up offering yogurt, fruit, toasts and … what would you expect by a French chef?.....croissants! I forgot to mention the night before a Nutella crepes were served!

The leg to Bermuda was extremely fast and fun. Roberto at the helm  top up 16,8 kts with me trimming the kite. Igor, Kirill and Andrea stayed just above 16 kts. A2 did a good job for many hours until a damage, most likely occurred in the last hoist, appeared evident. Luff line in spectra looked exposed and soon after it was clear it was broken. An A2 in these conditions could probably fail on the leach, but could eventually survive. Trying to be soft on the sheet and on the helm we managed to postpone its premature departure. Lazy weather sheet was passed on a block ready for a  quick drop in case of failure.

A little delay of the trimmer in accompanying a gust ended up the gennaker life: head remained well attached to the halyard while the rest of the 650 sqm fell down in the water. No worries: weather sheet was pulled in, and all available hands on deck started recovering, quietly and steadily, the gennaker starting from the tack, same as we were wooling the kite, but for the tack and not from the head. Few minutes and the bottom part of the kite was on deck again. In the meantime Carlos got ready for an uncomfortable, and potentially rather dangerous, ride on top of the mast.  Carlos was hoisted on a spare halyard with a retriever line to hold him safely close to the mast in case he lost grip. Head recovery would have been too dangerous and tricky, therefore we greeted it while it was falling into the water.

With Carlos safely on deck A3 started working again bringing us (slightly underpowered) to Barbuda.

From Barbuda to Redonda bigger sails would have helped, but we could not complain. Weather was good again, pasta with shrimps and rocket salad was served to the stand-by crews and hours passed fast. Redonda approach just before sunset was fantastic. Igor at the helm carefully followed the advises of Andrea and Francesco and quickly rounded the island. This was the time for another couple of records: 2 of our professional crews experienced a new emotion for the first time in their life. Something that  they could not experience racing on other yachts, not even America’s Cup ones: they had proper hot showers. It was pleasant to see them back on deck with soft and voluminous hair. Offshore sailing is not always pain and suffering.

Francesco commented “Besides the pleasure of sailing in such a water on a wonderful yacht, I finally had the opportunity to experience the concept of “racing with comfort”: a hot shower during a regatta is something I shall add on my CV”.

Last leg in the darkness to Antigua was sailing on close beating angles. Being only few hours from the arrival, watches stopped and more people enjoyed the great sailing. Lorenzo supported the helmsman for hours, helping with advises, comments and calling the corrections on the waves and gusts. A little crowd of crew hiked out around Lorenzo to benefit of such a class!

Rounding the south of Antigua, leaving her on port was cool with wind from South East. It is easy to understand this rounding is not comfortable with North Easterly. Few more tacks and we arrived!

We love port tack!

time 17.21 local time

Pos 16.32.98 N : 62.11.29 W

SOG 12.3 COG 160 TWS 19-20 kts TWD 085

Don't race the RORC 600 if you do not like port tack! Leaving St. Maarten to starboard it was a perfect early morning sail. Fabrizio had the pleasure to clear the rocky NW point of the island before heading to Tintamare. Tintamare was left to starboard and we started our 160 nm port tack upwind leg. Wind is quite regular, never less than 13 kts and, in the afternoon, often just below 20 kts.

Genoa and full main still power us full speed in a wide upwind sailing. Speed is seldom below 12 kts. High Spirit Team is doing a good job, alternating helm and main sail trimming with the rest of the Italian racing team.

Tactical call suggested to pass leeward to Montserrat. It looks like the rest of the fleet passed windward. This morning Nefertiti was ahead of us 12 nm, now she is only about 5.

Montserrat west coast is quite amazing. The famous eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano destroyed part of the island in 1995. The new land, into the cone of destruction, is quite stunning. Our windward passage granted us an hour of smooth sailing in strong  breeze and flat water.

We are heading to Les Saintes (Guadeloupe), when race will be decided by how well the fleet passes the massive wind shadow of the island. Francesco just started eating with the excuse of getting ready for the passage, which will start in less than 3 hour.

Fleet tracking system censors each yacht passage in order not to give any advantage to followers. Do not worry if we disappear from RORC 600 tracking system for a while.

A little note about the hard racing experience on Cape Arrow: have you ever been trimming genoa while chef is offering you fresh watermelon or sandwiches? Have you ever waken up during the race with crew offering you a warm toast?  Last dinner was lasagne, tonight we are looking forward to learn what Sophie has prepared for us!

Cheers!!

PS: today a family of dolphins played on our bow for 10 minutes just to celebrate St. Maarten rounding!

First Sunrise

What a night! Great sailing downwind in 15-18 tws all the 50 miles to Nevis. No waves, therefore no surfs but steady 12-14.5 knots of speed with few times just above 15. Igor did a great job on the helm although conditions approaching Nevis were tricky with plenty of wind shift. No moon to help us but nice stars and very mild weather. Nevis has a big mountain which was capped at sunset and it was a nice picture.

We lost contact with Nefertiti, we wonder if we passed her or not. What we know is that we were passed by the huge Athos and Adela. Adela's crew did a gybe peel! Can you imagine? Masts were lightened up like a Christmas tree. I wonder how many radios they have on board to coordinate manouvers among crew members.

From Nevis to Saba we left St. Christopher on starboard and we enjoyed the fantastic reaching with our A3, all away around the little island. Then, just in time for my turn of rest we started beating towards St. Barths.

Few tacks and 30 miles after (much less than 3 hours later) we started the easy approach but incredibly tricky rounding of St. Barths. Rocks, reef, no moon, many lights ashore, a buoy and a few other difficulties. Francesco Mongelli, guided us through the difficulties like he was playing with a 100 footer remote controlled model!

A2 was set up on starboard tack and once again we started regularly seeing 14 and 15 on our log.

Asking to captain for a word, he smiled and commented his swapping gennaker sheets after a gybe peel: “it was nice to hang again a gennaker sheet on after few years”. We took pictures to prove how elegant he was!!!

A2 was dropped smootly and we started again sailing up wind to round St. Maarten to starboard, welcomed by a nice sunrise.

Stay tuned and track us from RORC Caribbean 600 Fleet Tracking!

Let's Start!

11.30 - Start

Weather could not be better, 15-18 TWS blowing from 110, sun, little waves. I am sure nobody on board is regretting being here and not in the offices! Unfortunately Claudio did not recover and he quit. Walter, Fabrizio and first mate Carlos Carrer will handle the bow on their own.

Heading out the harbour we passed by the jury for safety check. As per Notice of Race the 16 of us wore lifejackets and was on starboard guardrail for the count.

Mainsail up, genoa unfurled. Ready for start procedures.

We started at 11.30, with just 5 seconds delay on the line, on the stern of Bella Mente. Few tacks with genoa and full mainsail and we started crossing  other yachts of our category, and soon after we started passing few beautiful smaller yachts belonging to different classes.

After clearing Kettle Bottom Shoals we headed at good 10.5 kts close hauling and then fetching to Barbuda. As soon as wind was coming from wider angles we switched on outboard short sheet and then we deployed staysail too. Angles allowed sailing deeper and after some time gaining water and sailing higher than to buoy, we hoisted A3 gaining a good 10% on VMG to bouy. Nefertiti was fighting with Idea and they were sailing a bit higher than us to defend their position, leaving us the room to get closer and closer, reducing the gap they gained upwind.

Mark rounding saw us engaged with Nefertiti. She passed first but we were about to overlap her. On the buoy we beard away, hoisted our A2, gybed, dropped A3 and opened A2. A perfect customized gybe set (we are using snuffers!).

Now we are reaching trying to close the gap with Nefertiti. Sunset is coming. Lights are getting milder and milder. My wife would say: “c'e' una luce dooolce!”.

PS: Sophie prepared quiches with broccoli and pancetta, spinach and, for the young babies on board, cakes with almond chocolate.

Stay tuned!!! See you in St.Kitts and Nevis

Today we are a crew!

Today was a good day!

Weather conditions were a bit milder than yesterday. A quite steady 15-22 kts trade-wind offered us a perfect training day! Smoother sea and great colors. Unfortunately no rainbows (yesterday we saw 2 amazing ones!)

We started with a brief meeting anticipating the schedule for today and for tomorrow. Although few minor jobs were on the list left from yesterday, it was immediately clear we were starting a long day.

Yesterday both genoa and staysail were on deck for a little repair and for checks, so today both had to be hoisted on their stays and made ready to be furled. First we hoisted full main, then headed out the bay and beard away to cover the hoists behind the mainsail. Few lashings and checks supervised by Lorenzo Mazza and we finally started sailing around 10.30.

From then onwards we had 4 hours of nice smooth sailing. Crew started getting bonded. High Spirit Team members, stopped being guests and started working with their buddies of the racing team.

Igor did a great job on the main, while Alexander (Sasha) was trimming genoa with Andrea Micheli. Helm was in Roberto Martinez’s hands first, than Andrea Casale, and finally for a long nice sail in Kirill hands.

Bow team (Claudio Novi and Walter Mascaretti) and Mast team (Niky Mosca and Carlos Carrer)  worked well together with the help of Vasili and Igor through few kite hoists and drops. Reefing in and reefing out were practiced and few configurations were tested recording angles and speed with different head sails set ups. Claudio, our first bow man, is still recovering from a very bad flue…or at least we hope is doing so. not sure going into the water on the bow is  the convalescence the doctor would recommend! Walter, second bow man, certainly is very motivated to wish him a quick recover: it looks tiring to  be alone on a 100 footer bow for 3 days!

We tried Genoa and staysail together up to 100 TWA, Genoa alone for different angles Genoa and one reef on the main, stay sail and one reef, genoa on outer short sheet, genoa on mid out short sheet etc.

Everybody worked harmoniously looking forward to eat again one deserved tuna- olive-egg wrap prepared by Sophie.

At 17.00 the navigation briefing closed the day. Francesco Mongelli, explained us the course through the islands, showing the predicted wind, introducing us the tricky areas and giving us a foretaste of the course: what a course!! 600 miles up and down the West Indies, through passages, passing by these beautiful islands belonging to a piece of heaven! St Barth, Barbuda, Antigua, Guadalupe, Mt. Serrat, Kiitts, Nevis etc… so many, so various!!

17.30 Francesco and Andrea introduced us to the scheduled 3 watches system (stand-by, On-watch, Off-Watch). Andrea C, Lorenzo and Francesco will be Watch captain, leading the crew through the predicted 60 plus hours of race.

Tomorrow 9.00 on board. Safety briefing with captain Fabrizio, leave the dock at 10.30 to start at 11.30.

Tonight dinner at Sun Ra, very nice local restaurant, an icon among the sailors calling Antigua harbour, thanks to the clever and capable touch of Betty and Mirko.

We are looking forward to start RORC 600! Ciao!!!

First training day is over!

At 12.00 a.m all crew was on board. Guest and crew introduced one to each other.  For the first day, only the names written on T-shirts would have help not getting confused! Andrea Casale, crew boss, welcome everybody and explained  roles on board. Captain Fabrizio had a first short speach on safety and Sophie, the yacht hostess, offered her first round of tasty sandwiches.

Cape Arrow headed back to Falmouth harbour after 2 hours training in 20-25 knots. First reef, second reef, gennaker hoist, gennaker drop were briefly practiced to make everybody comfortable in their roles on board. Few little mishaps happened but this is why trainings are done! Debrief, list of works and ready to dock back.Everybody had to hurry up for not missing an handmade Focaccia prepared on SW 82 Feelin' Good! Cheers!

Getting ready for RORC Caribbean 600

Goodmorning Antigua!Racing crew had an early wake up. You are free to guess whether this is due to excitement or for jet leg! Cape Arrow is in stunning conditions, permanent crew is ready to welcome High Spirit Team on board.
The boat  is in good company at Falmouth harbour with other 3 Southern Wind yachts and many other stunning magnificent yachts.
SW 82 Feelin' Good will celebrate the randevouz offering to SW friends a cocktail on board.
Yacht set up will finish before lunch time and first training will then keep everybody busy until sunset!

Caribbean Racing Season Starts with RORC 600

After a demanding Atlantic Ocean crossing,  we are ready to start the Caribbean Season with the 2014 edition of the RORC 600 regatta taking on board the motivated and enthusiastic Russian sailing team HIGH SPIRIT.

The team , who chartered the yacht for this special event, is composed of five Russian passionate sailors who are used to race with their 40 feet yacht in the most renewed Mediterranean Regattas; Cape Arrow will grant the emotions of such a challenging offshore Regatta thanks to her utmost performance and to her very professional and experienced racing crew that is going to join us.

Some of them have America’s Cup racing background and ocean racing experience and their presence onboard will ensure that the yacht will be sailed responsively, supporting the guests in helming and sail trimming operations.

The really good reputation of the yacht  in the offshore races (2^nd place at 2013 Loro Piana Caribbean Superyacht, 4^thplace at 2013 St Barth Bucket Regatta, 3rd place at 2013 Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta in Porto Cervo, 1^st place at2012 Southern Wind Trophy), gives to High Spirit team great expectations.

Follow us in this new adventure!

Safe and Sound!

We've finally arrived in Antigua safe and sound on Saturday 21st December!
The tugboat reached Cape Arrow on  Wednesday evening and the operations to hook the boat started the day after early in the morning, then we've been safely towed to our destination!
In the happy end,  drinking our deserved Wadadili, Cape Arrow Crew wish to you all a Marry Xmas and Happy New Year!

Our Wadadlies have to wait again !

Yesterday was definitely a very unlucky day for Cape Arrow and her crew: we were sailing in 25 knots of wind, with a true wind angle of 110° at around 500 miles from Antigua when we accidentally hit a floating object with the rudder blade, presumably a whale...

We were all impressed about the blow that we felt at the steering wheel and understood the rudder blade had been damaged; fortunately we found that no other problems occurred to the yacht.

The situation is completely under control and we are all in good spirit. The yacht is sailing with very little steering ability but we have created a parachute anchor by using a spare gennaker to stable our course and it seems to work. We are currently keeping our route under staysail and are sailing at about 3kts with a heading of 310-320 degrees.

Pegaso boys and girls are working hard to support us and they’ve found a proper tugboat which is supposed to arrive in the next 36 hours. It will tow Cape Arrow to an Antigua yard where will we be able to repair the damage and carry on with our charter season!

Finally NE tradewinds: 362 nm in the last 24h!

Yesterday, after an endless night of upwind sailing and squalls with rough seas, we've finally hooked on to the NE tradewinds. We hoisted the gennaker at 7 in the morning local time. This allowed us to keep a great speed average and in 24 hours Cape Arrow has covered 362 miles. Unfortunately this morning we had to drop the gennaker as we were sourrounded by squalls again.

We have 999 miles ahead of us  and we are getting wet again but the morale is high onboard anyway!

Our position is 20.07,6N and 044.36,3W and we estimate our arrival in Antigua on 15th.

We should be at the bar with our cold Wadadli (local beer) in our hands in about 4 days!

The Calm after the Storm

Following our escape from the low pressure system that gave us a lot of trouble last week, we had the chance to sail Cape Arrow through a dead calm, which gave us the chance to lick our wounds .

We had the engine running for 36 hours and had the chance to dry our gear, have a shower,  run a couple of washing machines and fix all the little damages that occurred during the storm. As soon as we finished, with a perfect sense of timing, the wind started blowing again. We happily hoisted the sails and finally switched the engine off.

At the moment we’re sailing a bit lower than our straight route as we would like to avoid the tail-end of the second low pressure front.

In a couple of days we should hook on to the NE tradewinds with 25 knots that will bring us quickly to destination. At first we should get some close hauled sailing and later the winds should gradually shift aft to become a broad reach.

Despite the challenging conditions we met last week, morale onboard is good, as we are stacking up a lot of miles, cruising at 11 knots with 18 knots of wind. Our current position is 24.10,4N and 029.57,8W.

We didn’t even lose our temper as the last little "tragedy" occurred onboard. Yesterday Captain Fabrizio fought for more than 50 minutes with a massive blue marlin. He spent so much time winding the reel in that he got cramps to his arms, and when it seemed we finally had him the fish was so heavy that it bent the fishing hook and we lost him! A frozen silence fell onboard for a while, but our smiles returned again soon thanks to olive focaccia and pizza made by our great Sophie!

Sea VS man: 1-0

Last night was extremely hard. We were sailing with two reefs on the main and staysail 500 miles away from the center of the reported low pressure system when the barometer dropped and we found ourselves with the wind blowing 45knots and big waves started hitting us on the beam! The waves were continuosly breaking over the rail and washing the deck completely. We hung in for a while but in the end we took the only possible choice, and decided to surrender to the strength of the sea, and run with it.

Therefore we tacked and since yesterday night we have been heading South. The wind is blowing around 25-30knots, seas are still heavy but at least the waves are now from a more favorable direction.

We’ve covered 110 miles and we’ve lost about thirty miles on our approach to Antigua. We are considering to continue on this course all day long in order to sail away from the low pressure area and then head straight to the lush Caribbean island that is awaiting us.

Postponing further our ETA was a hard decision for our Captain but it was the only reasonable option he had for the safety of Cape Arrow and his Crew!

Hope to write back to you soon in better conditions!

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