SKIPPER MIRCO

Commander of a Lagoon 52 ”Multihull, for private owners on cruises to the Aeolian Islands and the Tyrrhenian Sea, including Venice-Aeolian-Venice Transfers. Personally performed many ordinary and extraordinary maintenance work on mechanical and hydraulic systems on board.

Commander of a Schooner Sangermani with equal trees armed and 72 foot lenght, for private owners on cruises between Italy and Greek Egean and Ionic Islands. Responsible for the complete Refitting works and extraordinary maintenance on board before leaving Italy.

Non-stop delivery of an Atlantic 49 Sloop from Skiatos (Greece) to P.to Garibaldi, role Second / Navigator, Crew 5 pax me included, for Greek company.

First Officer and Second Commander, ROV Assistant, on a 72 foot scientific catamaran. Professional activity for underwater exploration with ROV in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Navigation at any time and any weather conditions.

Delivery (11 days no-stop) of a Sun Odyssey 51 cutter armed from Santander (Spain) to Lavagna (Italy) role Skipper / Navigator, Crew 4 pax me included, for private shipowner. About 2300 miles making a single fuel stop in Ibiza

Collaboration with the Sailing School "Orza Minore" as a sailing instructor on small cabin cruisers, at the base of Dervio (Lake Como), for school-age children and adults. Activity performed daily for 2 years.

Having joined the Amateur Sports Association "ASD PianetaVela" as a Member, I played the role of Instructor / Skipper for cruises and rigging-mooring courses in the port. Summer seasons in the Mediterranean for weekly cruises aboard boats from 40 to 45 feet. Winter seasons on the Seychelles islands, weekly cruises on catamarans from 40 to 50 feet sailing between Mahé, La Digue, Praslin and smaller islands; Skipper / Chef role.

"Non stop" transfer of a Bavaria 42 'Cruiser from Trapani to Ravenna, role 2nd helmsman / Deck Hand, Crew 3 pax, for private shipowner.

Supervisor and coordinator of the complete refitting works of a Franchini 47L Custom, with subsequent non-stop delivery from Imperia to Valencia; then Summer season sailing in the Mediterranean (especially the Balearic Islands) for 4 months; role Skipper / Commander / First Mate and chief engineer, for private shipowner.

Franchini 47L delivery from Kas (Turkey) to Imperia (Italy) Skipper-Navigator-Chef role, Crew only 2 pax, for private shipowners. Failure caused due to the sudden breakage of the forestay (under sail down the sea with force 9) off the Ionian Sea. Complaint of "extraordinary event" to the CP of Pozzallo (Sicily) where we entered after about 36 hours of stormy navigation, with "makeshift"; repair followed and performed personally with the professional "Rigger", before leaving again to Imperia.

Delivery of a new Sun Odyssey 54 'Deck Saloon from Marseille (France) to Istanbul (Turkey), Skipper / Chef role, Crew 3 pax, for a private shipowner. Almost 1500 miles traveled in just 10 days and only 3 short stops.

Summer season for private shipowners, Maneuver courses in the marina and various weekends as an instructor, Skipper for weekly cruises in Corsica - Elba, Aeolian islands, and Côte d'Azur, on boats from 39 to 54 feet.

Participation in the 900 Nautique de St. Tropez as mainsail tailer and helmsman on Akilaria950 "Pegasus". Ranked 4th place overall and 3rd place. April 2013 - Non-stop transfer in double of a Regatta Class40 "Pogo", from Riva di Traiano to La Spezia. Delivery of an Elan 43 from Porto Garibaldi to Dubrovnik (Croatia), Skipper role, Crew 3 pax, for private shipowner.

Atlantic Crossing - First route from Cagliari to the Canaries and then from Las Palmas to St. Lucia on a First 51 with 4 crew members. Role of Skipper, helmsman, navigator and chef

Participation in the Giraglia Rolex Cup as a mainsail Trimmer / Tailer and 2nd helmsman, for the Eventiavela Sailing School in Milan, on the Elan 40 Race, with fifth class placement. "Non stop" transfer at the end of the race for about 450 nautical miles of a Class 40 "Pogo", 4 crew members from St. Tropez to Cagliari.

Skipper / Chef on the Catamaran of the Lagoon 450 in the Seychelles, winter season for weekly cruises from Mahé to the Inner Islands and return, by private group, max 8 guests on board.

Skipper on a "Non stop" transfer of 440 nautical miles of Elan 40 Race, in pairs from Menton to Majorca and following 5 months in weekly cruises to the Balearic Islands.

Skipper for delivery of a 50 feet Outremer Catamaran, from Genoa (end of the boat show) to Cagliari. Crew of three, Skipper (I) + Deckhand and Hostess. For private shipowner.

Collaboration as Skipper-Instructor, with Eventiavela Sailing School of Milan, on 42-foot boats, for transfers, regattas, courses, charters. Skipper for the entire 2009 season at the Aeolian Islands for cabin charter including round-trip transfers from Menton. Course maneuvers in the port and various weekends as Skipper-Instructor and weekly cruises at La Maddalena - Corsica - Elba Baleari for cabin charter, on boats of 42-45 feet. Participation in the Giraglia Rolex Cup as Trimmer-2nd Helmsman

Professional collaboration since 2007 til 2009 as a Skipper, with the Sailing School "Guantalavela" in Milan, for transfers, Charter, sailing courses. Summer Transfers crewed and single-handed from Imperia to Mary Magdalene. Charter weeks at the cabin as skipper at North Sardinia and South Corsica in summer on a First 40.7. Final transfer for alone return from Palau (Sardinia) to Imperia on the First 40.7 used for the summer season.

Almost three months of autumn navigation from the Island of Elba to the Aeolian Islands and back, alone, on my Sun Odyssey 37 ’ touching all the intermediate islands, including south Sardinia. Probably the best trip of my life ... before selling my boat.

6 months as Skipper for weekly and daily cruises in the Aegean between Greece and Turkey, for Kiriacoulis Enterprise, aboard a Bavaria 42 ’. I learned to manage the "Meltemi" even in solitary. Final solo transfer from Rhodes to Kos (with Meltemi against)

Achievement of the Nautical License without limits from the coast sail / motor, near the Harbor office of Ravenna. In the following years, from 1992 to 2005, I always rented sailing boats from 10 to 15 meters a year, sailing Slovenia and Croatia (no less than 2-3 weeks a year) that I really know very well) up to the border with Albania; Ionian Greece, Cyclades, Northern, Central and Southern Tyrrhenian, Aeolian Islands, Cote d'Azur, Tuscan Archipelago, Caribbean (with catamarans 40-50 feet).

For the first few years I "supported" the "TST" school by going out with them on weekends, as a crew in the waters off Ravenna; then I started the crossings of the Adriatic to reach the Croatian and Slovenian coasts, even at night, initially as a shift help crew, then as a second and finally in command of the unit on my own. As I gained experience, I started to rent independently for day trips, the meteor 650 and then the comet 850, always owned by the homonymous school "TST", for day trips.