The delivery
And so, after countless hours of boat work, preparation and admin, on the 23rd of November at around 9 pm Ciao Bella left Durban harbour...
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What We Are Doing
Ciao Bella Race Team will be tackling the iconic Cape2Rio Sailing Race. The Cape2Rio is run by Royal Cape Yacht Club and transits the South Atlantic Ocean from Cape Town, South Africa to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the Southern Hemisphere’s longest intercontinental yacht race, an astonishing 5,800 kilometers beginning on the 11th of January 2020 in the waters of Table Bay and finishing three weeks later in Rio de Janeiro.
The race has been contested 14 times since 1971 and has attracted elite international sailors and teams including ICAP Leopard (London), the former Volvo Open 70 Maserati (Monaco) and Rambler (New York Yacht Club) as well as a large number of local sailors. It is a fascinating and tactical race, demanding both seamanship and weather savvy skills.
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Meet the Crew
We are a group of six Ambitious students from Universities across the country. The youngest two Robinson children – Ryan and Michaela –...
Ryan Robinson
How the great adventure started
The thing about a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is that it… uhm… Ya, it kinda only comes around ONCE in a lifetime. The absurd idea of...
Piecing Ciao Bella Back Together
So, Ryan and I tell our father that we plan to sail Ciao Bella to Rio – and he says it’s cool, except that there is a bit of work that...
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