Good Job Guys!

Race day #1 of the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta  has come to an end and we are all  very satisfied about Southern Wind Yachts performance.

No wind conditions woke up the crew this morning and the expectations on the race were not so promising. Starting procedures have been delayed of an our , when a light breeze coming from South has called the yacht to get out of the Porto Cervo Harbor.

Cape Arrow , racing in Class B, has been the fourth yacht to pass the starting line and everybody on board was truly concentrate and committed on the crew manager directions.

The course selected for Cape Arrow division was a quite demanding one; about 18 miles long, it drove the yacht trough some of the most fascinating passages of this wonderful Archipelago: from Mortorio sailing in downwind side trough the Monaci rocks, where  a quite perfect gybing drove the fleet along Caprera trough a final upwind side .

The Pevero Golf welcame Cape Arrow and her enthusiastic crew.

A 4th place has been achieved today but with some boat arrangements and crew fine tuning Cape Arrow is now ready to improve her performance in tomorrow race.

For more information on the race results , click here:

http://www.yccsresults.com/lp13/lp13b.htm

A relaxing atmosphere can be breathed on board of the two yachts, where a fantastic and fresh champagne has been offered to guest and crew.

Stay Tuned!!

Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta 2013 @Porto Cervo....get the race started!!

Today has been a tough day of training for Cape Arrow! There was the racing crew in its entirety and a good vibe immediately settled on board.

This morning, after a careful briefing given by Captain Andrea and the assignment of the positions on board during the race, Cape Arrow left the berth at YCCS and took the sea.

 The crew simulated different maneuvers in order to improve the timing of the performances.

The weather conditions were perfect, with a constant wind from NW, 10-15 kts, a blue sky and a  great visibility.

In the late afternoon the skipper briefing was held in the beautiful YCCS, followed by a warming welcome cocktail open to all the participants. The atmosphere in  Porto Cervo is thrilling and exciting, and there’s a great trepidation on the docks for Windfall and her fierce crew’s debut!

Keep on following Cape Arrow's adventures!

Southern Wind Shipyard will be proudly present at the 6th edition of the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta

Cape Arrow is the Raised Saloon version of the successful SW 100 project, designed by Farr Yacht Design and Nauta Design. Cape Arrow races in Sardinia after an amazing winter season and a tough transatlantic crossing back to the Med. 

The yacht left the Mare Nostrum in November and participated to the Maxi Transatlantic Race, arriving in the beautiful waters of the Caribbean. She spent the following months sailing over there, doing relaxing and confortable charters, as well as sporty races, such as the RORC Caribbean 600 Race, the Bucket Race and the Loro Piana Caribbean Superyacht Regatta. In Virgin Gorda Cape Arrow, brought by top level sailors, made an amazing job and confirmed all her racing qualities winning the second place of the Loro Piana Caribbean Superyacht Regatta. 

Cape Arrow, winner of the 2012 Southern Wind Trophy, hosted every two year by the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta, will race in Porto Cervo with a high professional crew, as well as with many Southern Wind friends.

Cape Arrow is back!

After 20 non-stop days of sailing and almost 5.000 nm, Cape Arrow is safely moored in Genoa! We arrived on Sunday, unfortunately under the rain, after 4 days of sunny Mediterranean…!  We celebrated the arrival with some good champagne, we were all really happy of being back and touching the land after so many days.

Cape Arrow is now in the Southern Wind customer care’s careful hands: she needs some minor works to shine at her best for the summer season. Her first rendez-vous will be in June: she will participate at the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta Porto Cervo, in Sardinia, definitely one of the most beautiful places to sail in Italy!

Stay tuned for Cape Arrow’s new adventures!

Cape Arrow’s crew

Gibraltar ahead of us

Here we are, approaching to Gibraltar after 16 days of Ocean: tonight we should pass the Hercules's Columns and enter into the Mare Nostrum.

Today Aeolus and Neptune gave us a "Mediterranean" day: a blue, pure sky, a flat sea and a gentle breeze. It was perfect, we needed a little rest after this tiring delivery. For the first day since we left St Marteen, we stayed outside when we finished our watches, enjoying the "dolce far niente" and the sun.

In the last post we said that Cape Arrow would not have been ranked among the "most easy deliveries" ' top 10. Well, that's definitely true, but she surely wins the gold medal for the "Greenest Atlantic delivery ever"! 

In fact during these 4,000 miles we used only 300 lt of fuel, and just for generators!!

The beauty and the privilege about sailing is that you can go anywhere you want just benefiting of Nature's gift: the wind. 

Cape Arrow crossed the Atlantic in her way back home just sailing, enjoying - sometimes suffering! - every single wind breath. 

Enjoying the silence full of noise that only the sea and wind can offer..

  

See you soon in Med!

Cape Arrow's crew

Celebrating 15 days in the Ocean

15 days of ocean! Today Cape Arrow celebrates half a month at sea, always beating! 

Certainly, this delivery won't be among the "most easy deliveries" top 10! Since the last two days the temperature has significantly decreased, now it's pretty cold during the day. The sky is cloudy almost all the time and when there's a little bit of sun that comes out, we all go outside, like lizards do! 

We are heading towards Gibraltar which is distant around 300 miles: hoping that Aeolus will be so kind to let us arrive fast to the Mare Nostrum. 

There's around 25 knots from north east and big waves, so that steering is quite tiring. Everything is fine on board, our little routine is well established and we live following the watches' rhythm.

Hasta pronto!

Cape Arrow's crew

Strong 51kts vs Cape Arrow!

Something doesn't seem really hard until you do something harder..

The last 36 hours have been really "hardcore" for Cape Arrow. On Tuesday late afternoon we entered into a depression that was placed between the Acores and Madeira and we went out of it few hours ago. 

Later on Cape Arrow was still heading East, so that the waves - 4/5 mts high - were coming from a "bad" side for us. Steering with 30-35 kts wasn't an easy game at all! With no moonlight, doing it was even harder because we couldn't see the waves and consequently anticipate them. 

We were really concentrated, every error could have been really dangerous for us and for the boat. 

Yesterday morning at 8 a.m. we finally jibed and started heading towards Gibraltar. After this epic night, Neptune gave us a little gift: a bunch of little dolphins came to play between Cape Arrow and the waves. Beautiful!

Yesterday afternoon the sea was still really rough but at least the waves were coming from behind, so we could surf it (we reached 26 kts!). 

There were 28/35 kts from South and the 3 hours watches were really exausting for everybody. All of a sudden, around 2 p.m., a path of over 51 kts almost knocked Cape Arrow down, and we had some damages the genoa but nothing too serious.

Tonight we were surrounded with squalls and we have been almost all the time under the rain. This morning the sea calmed down a bit, and now there are about 20 kts from South East: we should be finally out of the depression. We are completely wet, the air is really humid, but luckily Cape Arrow keep protecting us gently and comfortably.

Stay tuned for new adventures!

Cape Arrow's crew