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!
Southern Wind 100 - Racing with comfort
Saturday, March 30, 2013
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!
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!
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
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:
Stay tuned!
Sunday, March 24, 2013
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!
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
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.
We finished second, an absolutely satisfactory result, fighting to gain any precious seconds
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Photo by Superyacht Media |
Now we look forward to confirming our good performance also at the St Barth Bucket Race.
So, see you there!
Friday, March 22, 2013
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.
Tomorrow the last race. Let's keep the fingers crossed!
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.
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Photos courtesy of YCCS
This evening an exclusive beach party at Oil Nut Bay is waiting for us.