Entries by Paul Cayard

Chiamatemi Paul il Pirata

Una barca giooello, una gara affascinante e pericolosa, il lancio del nuouo film della Disney. A 46 anni e dopd aver veleggiato in tutto il Mondo, Cayard si tuffa nell’ennesima avventura: il periplo del globo al timone della Perla Nera Click here for the article (Adobe Acrobat format)

Maffioli to Supply Ropes to Pirates of the Caribbean Team

Gottifredi Maffioli is glad to announce its partnership with The Pirates of the Caribbean team and The Black Pearl, official entry in the Volvo Ocean Race 2005/2006. The Italian rope manufacturer will supply all the running rigging of The Black Pearl, the boat inspired by the blockbuster Walt Disney Pictures’/Jerry Bruckheimer Film, “Pirates of The […]

Z ZEGNA to sail with Paul Cayard

Skipper Paul Cayard and his crew have adopted a Z ZEGNA total look on shore when dressing up for formal occasions. Their look will be both urban and sexy like the styling of this fashion brand, the latest collection by the famous Maison Ermenegildo Zegna. A personal friend of the family who has always greatly […]

Another Long Day

Another long day and I am writing this at 0530 on the 5th. We are now about 80 miles north of Sanxenxo. We did a lot of sail testing and polar definition work today. This is tedious work, sailing for 10 minutes at a given angle and recording the performance of the boat with a […]

Long Day Today,

Long day today, yesterday now. We got some specific conditions that we were looking for to do some sail testing so we got into a full session this afternoon that finished at sunset or just after actually. I was beat and went to sleep. Good progress with a couple of sails, though not toward Sanxenxo. […]

We Are Off Again

We are off again, heading down the English Channel at 20 knots. Seems like these boat like to go 20. They get there fairly effortlessly. Going 20 on a reach means getting soaked through do there we were, one hour out of town and getting the full firehose, getting us nice and damp for the […]