III Place for Cape Arrow !!

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

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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