Passage from Pont-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe to Sao Miguel, Azores on Farr 65 – Celeste of Solent

Cost

€3,500

Event dates

What's included

The prices includes professional crew and all boat costs, food costs are additional and shared between all crew members. Further additional costs include flights, transfers, meals and accommodation ashore and personal insurance.

What to expect

Crossing the Atlantic west to east is a challenging and rewarding experience. Onboard Celeste of Solent, crew will be on watch for three hours and off watch for six hours. The responsible watch team handles steering, trimming, and navigation. As a crew member on board you become part of the team and are involved in everything from steering and navigating to cooking and taking care of the boat.

Itinerary

Departing Guadeloupe on 6th April, the 2,200nm crossing is expected to take between 15 and 18 days.

Crew information

The skipper is Svante Jacobsson – more details coming soon!

Prerequisite experience

Previous sailing experience is required.

Where

Atlantic crossing from Pont-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe to Horta, Azores and then onto Sao Miguel, Azores.

Accommodation

On longer passages, over open sea with night sailing, crew alternate between the berths in the aft. Under way, it is most comfortable place to sleep.

Passage from Pont-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe to Sao Miguel, Azores on Farr 65 – Celeste of Solent

Farr 65 – Celeste of Solent

Designed for the Millennium Round the World Race and launched in 2003 as Hugo Boss for Formula 1 racing. The Farr 65 is a comfortable ocean racing yacht built with performance in mind. With the aim to be faster than her contemporaries at the time, she has a spacious open cockpit, twin wheels, a Lewmar pedestal grinding system and a...