The Tranquilo, Aruba

The Tranquilo is back from Bonaire’s 42nd International Sailing Regatta

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:12:09 +0000

We have had some bad luck on the crossing to Bonaire and had to battle a small electrical fire off the coast of Curacao in the engine room resulting in a burned out starter motor.

Once in Bonaire, this made it impossible for us to get in and out of our tight slip in the marina and canceled our racing except for the long distance “Lac Bay Race” which we managed to win for the fourth consecutive year breaking our own speed record for that race. Next is the Curacao Heineken Regatta in November.

Tranquilo is second place in the Aruba Rembrandt Regatta!

admin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:29:52 +0000

Recently the Rembrandt Regatta Aruba was held, a two day racing event where 3 races were sailed. For the first time after many years of winning in the cruising class, the Tranquilo decided to go sail the racing class instead. For not being an all-out racing sailboat, we held our own in this class and are very happy with our results. The first race was around the island of Aruba, a total of 13 yachts crossed the starting line. Tranquilo came in 4^th smashing her own previous record around Aruba making her the fastest Aruban yacht to sail around Aruba.

On the second day we sailed two races and took first place in the first race, beating D-Trip, a modern version of Tranquilo who just happen to be the winners of division A in the Antigua Sailing Week 2009. In the last race we took second place losing to D-Trip by just a few seconds ending in 2^nd place overall, not bad for a 40 year old boat.

Now that all on board systems have peen pushed to their limits, we are looking forward to the Bonaire International Sailing Regatta in October.

Anthony.

New website launched

admin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:05:34 +0000

Our new website launched May 2009.

Tranquilo Races

admin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:15:49 +0000

The Tranquilo is raced extensively several times a year in Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao testing boat and equipment time and time again by going offshore sailing, and to keep up with proper yachting and offshore safety standards. The Tranquilo has been first in class since 2002 in the Bonaire International Sailing Regatta and has several long distance offshore speed records. Contact us to see how you can become part of our racing crew in this very unique offer. Space is very limited on these adventures.
Airfare, accommodations and meals are not included.

August: Aruba Race.
October: Bonaire International Sailing Regatta.
November: Curacao Heineken Regatta.