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With the opening of reservations for 2026, you can finally start dreaming of Caprera again. This year, courses will once again open in stages, to allow the Secretariat to offer everyone the best possible assistance. If you are interested in courses during the high season, we advise you not to waste any time, because in previous years the first places were taken very quickly.

Caprera 2026: opening dates Read more »

The Caprera Open 2025 was confirmed again this year as one of the most authentic and participatory moments of the Centro Velico Caprera season. A weekend dedicated to all those who with their commitment make the School a unique reality in the panorama of Italian sailing training. This year's edition counted 130 participants, in addition to ...

Caprera Open 2025: much more than a party Read more "

It kicks off on October 14, 2025 in Milan the ninth edition of the Ocean Film Festival World Tour Italia, a traveling festival that brings to Italian theaters the best international films dedicated to the sea and its challenges. A journey through water sports, adventure, science, ecosystems to protect and stories of men and women connected to the ocean. ...

Ocean Film Festival World Tour Italy 2025: the sea stars on the big screen Read more "

An imprint of which all of us goats should be proud, a project that photographs the health of the Mediterranean with unprecedented precision and accuracy. M.A.R.E. Mission 2025, recently completed right on schedule with respect to the ambitious timetable, marks the end of the first four-year cycle and the complete mapping of the ...

M.A.R.E., the Mediterranean as never seen before Read more "

The catamaran One, the laboratory vessel of the MARE project, has recently concluded its third week of navigation.

Dear Caprerine and Caprerini, the tour of our instructors on the Navy's glorious Ship Amerigo Vespucci has just concluded. The shifts began with the Reggio Calabria - Palermo leg in the first week of May, then Naples -Cagliari and finally Cagliari - Gaeta and saw as many as 13 young instructors from our School take turns on board. I would like to share with you ...

The CVC on board the Vespucci Read more "

Why choose a summer sailing campus for your child A sailing course for kids in Sardinia, immersed in the crystal clear sea of the Maddalena Archipelago, represents much more than a summer experience: it is an all-around educational opportunity. For more than 50 years, Centro Velico Caprera has welcomed young people and adults seeking an authentic, safe and ...

Sailing courses for kids at Centro Velico Caprera Read more "

A press conference was held yesterday in Milan at the headquarters of Workness to present the fourth edition of project M.A.R.E. The fourth edition will depart on May 17 from the Aragonese Castle in Taranto: the crew of the catamaran One will travel 1,800 miles along the coasts of Sicily, Greece and Turkey to bring to ...

Presented in Milan the fourth edition of M.A.R.E. project Read more "

Our Happy Holidays wishes are entrusted to a wonderful video that encapsulates all the deep meaning of the Caprera experience and the words of the President of the Centro Velico Caprera Foundation, Stefano Crosta. Dear Caprerine and Caprerini, a 2024 that for us has been full of commitments, passion, salt and ...

Merry Christmas from CVC! Read more "

On Wednesday, November 27, Workness's Milan office hosted the closing event of the 2024 edition of the M.A.R.E. project. In presenting the evening, Enrico Bertacchi, secretary of the CVC Foundation, emphasized how the seed of the project has now definitively sprouted. "M.A.R.E. is now the most important ongoing study on the state of health of ...

The closing night of M.A.R.E 2024 at Workness headquarters in Milan Read more »

The Caprera Open 2024 has just come to an end. This event traditionally marks the end of the season with three days of sailing and socializing. It is an important moment dedicated to all the volunteers and collaborators of the School, who for once can enjoy the island without the commitment of the courses. Lots of ...

Open 2024 and the tribute to Ruben: why Caprera is made up of people Read more »

Once again this year, as has become customary, the CVC Foundation is renewing its support for the exhibition dedicated to the sea, which in its 2024 edition will see sailing take center stage. As the organizers, our friends at Itaca Outdoor, explain, "the charm and energy of the ocean come to the big screen on the 'Climate Action Now' boat, with which...

Ocean Film Festival 2024: CVC is a partner of the event dedicated to sea lovers Read more »

The commitment of the CVC Foundation – Centro Velico Caprera to "psychological well-being" projects began thanks to the contribution of a number of volunteers who immediately embraced the aims of this project and enabled it to grow. One of these was undoubtedly Paolo Martano, whose untimely death led the Executive Committee of the ...

Sailing for Life – A sailing trip in memory of Paolo Martano Read more »

M.A.R.E. 2024 expands its boundaries again: route to the Northwest Mediterranean The CVC Foundation - Centro Velico Caprera ETS, in collaboration with One Ocean Foundation, presents the third edition of the research and outreach project on the health of the Mediterranean Sea. Departing April 27 from La Maddalena, where it will return after making ...

Third edition of M.A.R.E. project kicks off Read more "

On behalf of the Board of Directors and the entire community of CVC instructors, students and employees, I express deep condolences and affectionate sympathy to Paolo's family. A thought also to the board of the Naval League Milan section, of which Paolo was currently vice president. Paolo gave so much to the CVC. A true example in Caprera ...

CVC Foundation's salute to Paolo Martano Read more "

We have said it many times: we are a sailing and seafaring school, and our priority will always be to convey knowledge of seafaring and respect for the sea. But these goals, and those that gave impetus to the transition to Foundation, do not prevent us from also pursuing a part of education dedicated ...

CVC Academy: the sporting soul of Caprera Read more "

The 2024 season is on: Caprera is on! The most anticipated moment of the year is upon us: Casprera is on! Opening the booking dances will be the Junior courses on February 5 , followed by the drift courses on the 12th and all other courses on the 19th. Our beloved school cuts ...

Kicking off the 2024 season: Caprera is on! Read More "

The Caprera Open, the traditional end-of-season event dedicated to the School's staff and volunteers, took place this weekend. Lots of participants who sailed the waters of Porto Palma among foils, dinghies, cabin cruisers and mentors! Lots of sharing and fun ashore. Special thanks go to the staff of the base and the ...

What an Open! Read More "

Once again this year we are a partner in the kermesse that brings the best of marine adventures to big screens all over Italy. Those who are subscribed to our newsletter these days will receive a discount code valid until October 15. Below is the official press release of the event and the stages of the 2023 edition. OCEAN FILM sets sail on November 13 ...

Ocean Film Festival 2023 Read more "

Luca Goldoni has left us: journalist, writer, goatherd. His were some of the words that best captured the nature of CVC and his was the narrator of the iconic video below. Hello Luca, Happy Winds  

Sailing is a matter of elegance ... this is the theme of this year's Master Stage. Roberto Ferrarese is now one of us and certainly needs no introduction, and in reintroducing his famous course this year he introduces us to the world of competition from this point of view: "the elegance of athletic gesture," which means above all awareness of ...

A matter of elegance Read more "

Project M.A.R.E. catamaran One completed its navigation, outreach and sampling activities last Saturday by arriving in Corfu. All scientific laboratory activities will now begin. Born from the initiative of Centro Velico Caprera in collaboration with One Ocean Foundation, M.A.R.E. (Marine Adventure for Research & Education) is a very special CITIZIEN SCIENCE project, which ...

Navigation of M.A.R.E. Mission 2023 concluded Read more "

There are two lines of development of the CVC Foundation's projects. One is focused on the study and preservation of marine ecosystems, a commitment that has always been ingrained in the spirit of Caprera and in recent years resulted in the M.A.R.E. project (www.progettomare.org). The other is one that puts people at the center and that in the sea finds a ...

The sea as a cure Read more "

CVC Centro Velico Caprera becomes a Foundation and strengthens its social and cultural commitment related to the sea, personal well-being, sports and nature A goal, an achievement but also a natural evolution of its history. The CVC Centro Velico Caprera becomes CVC Foundation - Centro Velico Caprera ETS, at the behest of the League ...

The CVC is Foundation Read more "

The most anticipated time of the year is about to arrive. For 2023, we have decided to divide the departure into 3 different times so that we can allow for a more streamlined and less crowded booking for each area of our educational offerings. We will start on February 1 with the opening of bookings for Junior Courses only, continue with the opening of the ...

Opening enrollment 2023 Read more "

October 19 marks the start of the new journey of the Ocean Film Festival Italia, a film festival presenting a selection of the best films from the Australian festival of the same name. The sixth edition debuts with the World Premiere of the documentary Broken Breath about freediver Mike Maric, the first Italian film among the finalists of the Ocean Film Festival World Tour. A national tour that will touch 16 cities, with ...

CVC supports Ocean Film Festival Read more "

A Sorgenia-signed photovoltaic system for Centro Velico Caprera. This is the latest step in a larger collaboration that began last April with the Marine Adventure for Research & Education project, the citizen science initiative conceived by Centro Velico Caprera in collaboration with One Ocean Foundation to study the health of ...

Caprera switches to photovoltaics Read more "

 

 

In this report on the first activities on board One, Ginevra Boldrocchi, Sandro Carniel and Alessandro Benedetti explain among other things what it means to do scientific coaching In addition to the production of scientific content, one of the pillars of the M.A.R.E. project is dissemination. In this regard, one of the strategies adopted is that of 'scientific coaching' ...

The first weeks of M.A.R.E. Read more "

After the inaugural event hosted by the Navy in the beautiful setting of the Circolo Sottufficiali de La Maddalena, One has cast off its moorings. On board, in addition to the scientific staff, CVC crew and partners, is Navy biologist Rita Attardo, who will lend a hand in the running-in of collection and sampling activities in ...

The inaugural event, departure, first miles and science activities: One is off Read more "

A press conference to launch M.A.R.E. was held yesterday Monday, April 11, at Sorgenia headquarters in Milan. The project was presented to an audience embellished by the presence of Admiral Pierpaolo Ribuffo, who spoke to remark on the Navy's support as sponsoring body. Also significant was the commitment made by partners Yamamay, ...

Yesterday in Milan, the press conference for the presentation of M.A.R.E. Read more "

An essential course, especially for those who sail in the Mediterranean. Because when planning a navigation there are few aspects more relevant than the weather. From this year the Marine Meteorology course, as always taught by our own Silvia Ferri, becomes online. We thought that since it is a purely theoretical course, we would be able in this way to make it ...

Marine Meteorology goes online Read more "

This is an extraordinary opportunity to boost an area that as Caprerinians we have called 'home' for over 50 years. The candidacy of La Maddalena as Capital of Culture for 2024 (the allocations until 2023 have already been made) is something that touches us closely and we could only be part of this string. ...

Capitals of Culture: La Maddalena is among the candidates Read more "

"We were looking for a place that was spartan, windy, full of ridges and above all inaccessible from land. In that trip to Caprera we all placed some anxiety and high hopes." Guido Colnaghi Guido Colnaghi left us last night. At the age of 95, the last of the "boys" who founded Centro Velico Caprera passed away at his Milan home. ...

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The truth is that in this crazy end of the season, so much is happening on Caprera (understood more as a category of the spirit than as a physical place) that a continuous update is almost impossible. The oceanic crew led by Luca Sabiu of the Class 40 course, arrived safe and sound in Lanzarote. Amid difficult moments, ...

Giulia Conti and Roberto Ferrarese, Ganga interview and Class 40 in Lanzarote Read more "

In the new installment of the report that the Journal of Sailing has dedicated to our super course with Ganga Bruni and Max Sirena, we get to know the crew that has been selected to compete in the European RS21 Championship that started just today in Malcesine. The first time a crew from Capri will test themselves in a ...

Meet the crew Read more "

At least two things of some note happened in the second half of the Master Stage High Performance course. The first was the arrival of Luna Rossa skipper Max Sirena, who completed the stellar cast of instructors as scheduled; the second was a definite strengthening of the wind, which in the initial days was ...

The fourth installment of the Sail Newspaper's report is online Read more "

Having two instructors like Gabriele Ganga Bruni and Max Sirena is an absolute privilege. Thanks to our friends at the Giornale della Vela, this exceptional Master Stage has also become a small web series in which the magazine's correspondent, Luigi Luz Gallerani, documents almost daily the students' progress, drills and all the secrets of the trade ...

A web series for our Master Internship Read more "

The Clinic Class 40 course gets into full swing with next Thursday's crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar and the start of the ocean voyage to Lanzarote.

After three editions in a big way and a fourth one forcibly streamed, the Ocean Film Festival is coming back to the cinema. This is good news for all goatherders (the CVC is a partner in the event) and for all sea lovers, as the OOF has over the years become a favorite meeting point for divers, surfers, sailors, divers, freedivers ...

Ocean Film Festival: fifth edition kicks off Read more "

It was in the air and now we can officially confirm it: the Master Stage curated by Olympic champion and coach Ganga Bruni will feature Luna Rossa skipper Max Sirena as a guest for 3 days. The course (which will be held a week later than originally planned, slipping to round 41 scheduled from 9 ...

Ganga Bruni's Master's program gets Max Sirena as guest Read more "

A red ribbon on every boat that will be on the water on July 4 to say no to gender-based violence. The initiative launched by the association 10000 Sails of Solidarity has a purpose as simple as it is important: to show that the sailing world is united and united in supporting gender equity and condemning the ...

10,000 sails to say no to gender-based violence Read more "

We got to know him intimately during last spring's Cup Lessons. Now, Gabriele Ganga Bruni is making his unparalleled experience, gained on race courses halfway around the world, from the Olympics to the America's Cup, available to 16 lucky sailors. In fact, it will be Ganga himself who will hold this year's Master Stage that will ...

Ganga at Master Internship in October Read more "

With the friends of the non-profit SEA ME Sardinia we had collaborated in past years on the Navigation and Environment course. Now they have asked us for a hand and we gladly answer the call. Between next September 6 and 12 (the exact date will be chosen according to the weather-marine forecast) the athletes of the Italian Swimming Federation ...

SEA ME Sardinia swims for dolphins Read more "

This October, the CVC and One Ocean Foundation, in collaboration with ESA Worldwide, La Maddalena divercenter Area11Diver, the associations "A Plastic-Free Archipelago" and SlowDive, the sponsorship of the La Maddalena Archipelago National Park and the interest of the Friends of the La Maddalena Archipelago Association, will carry out a seabed cleaning activity in the Gulf of Porto Palma located in the southeastern part of the island of Caprera. The cleaning activity will ...

Seabed cleaning in Porto Palma Read more "

While we wait to get back to real sailing, the Sailing Newspaper and TAG Heuer are launching an event that is as contemporary as it gets. A virtual regatta across the Mediterranean using Virtual Regatta technology (don't pretend you don't know what we're talking about...) that will kick off on May 15. ...

Med Odyssey, the largest (virtual) regatta in the Mediterranean Read more "

A sailing trip combining fascinating sights and technical accretion Not a course but a technical coastal sailing trip jointly organized by Centro Velico Caprera and the Association of Volunteer and Student Instructors Centro Velico Caprera. Participants will spend a week in a flotilla aboard fast, state-of-the-art monohulls in the southern Breton Sea, experiencing the ...

Technical Navigation in Brittany Read more "

Learning is part of the game The 2021 season has officially begun, and we have chosen to open the dances with a video that ironically (but not too ironically) parallels the scuffles and maneuvers of crews engaged in the Prada Cup in Auckland with those of our drift students in Porto Palma. It serves as a reminder that everyone, ...

The Season is open! Read more "

After the incredible success of our Cup Lessons, with over 100 thousand views (and counting...) we measure ourselves against a terrain we know well, that of offshore sailing. And we do so thanks to a Vendée Globe that has never ceased to provide twists and turns and that in the final stages sees the leading lineup enclosed ...

Vendée Globe lessons: stories of Sea and Life Read more "

We are on the 4th episode of our Cup Lessons, 'Roles and Roadstead with Francesco Gabibbo Pizzuto,' and the audience following continues to grow. Merit for an idea is simple and effective: top-notch technical commentary by a professional and the teaching-disclosure skills of a CVC instructor. All to tell the ...

Cup Lessons: we are on the 4thepisode Read more "

Let's start the year and do it with a bit of education. Soon the new edition of the Prada Cup will begin, which will be followed by the America's Cup. Flying boats, very high speeds but above all the return of many traditional elements in the course, tactics and markings. While not traditionally a racing school we know that many of ...

Cup Lessons Read More "

We will be present again this year at the Genoa Boat Show, the largest boat expo in the Mediterranean. You will find us from October 2 to 6 alongside Negrinautica and RS Sailing at booth SZ04. For students and instructors, free, while supplies last, our eco water bottle made for the European sea defense project Clean Sea ...

CVC at the 60th Genoa Boat Show Read more "

A D6 with Giulia Conti, Class 40 Clinic and the unmissable master stage with Roberto Ferrarese on J80. A difficult season, which turned into an incredible success thanks to the enthusiasm and trust you gave us again this year, enters an important phase. With September they become more frequent, as we told you with ...

September and October: events not to be missed Read more "

Just under a week to the caprerino event of the TAG Heuer Vela Cup: the regatta circuit organized by the Journal of Sailing, in fact, will stop in Porto Palma on August 24. The route of the regatta, which may be shortened in case of weak winds, includes a start from Porto Palma, Isole delle Bisce, Monaci, to ...

VelaCup 2020 at Caprera Read more "

A series of events that have left their mark on history, all occurring in September. And meanwhile in Caprera, the host is always the Ponente, which is particularly frequent and intense in that month. A social campaign with which we wanted to draw attention to an exceptional period for ...

Meanwhile, in Caprera Read More "

2009 miles, 94 days of sailing, 25 days of forced stop due to bad weather, 119 total days of travel. Guido Grugnola is the first person in the world to have completed, solo and independently, the circumnavigation of the Italian peninsula by kayak from Trieste to Ventimiglia, Sicily and Sardinia. Teacher, Trainer and ...

The Other Giro d'Italia Read More "

To prevent the health crisis from also turning into an environmental crisis, we need to keep our guard very high. The huge amount of single-use plastics that, if not disposed of properly, threatens to enter the biosphere is a real problem, to which we have drawn attention with a campaign in collaboration with Clean Sea Life, a European project ...

CVC with Clean Sea Life to say no to plastics in the sea Read more "

Tommaso Chieffi, Gabriele Ganga Bruni, Max Sirena, Giovanni Soldini, Giulia Conti. From the Moro di Venezia to Luna Rossa, from 49ers to solo ocean sailing. The Italian sailing elite told our Vicenzo Polinesia Liberati about themselves in a series of live Instagram feeds that you can review on our Youtube channel. A way to keep you ...

Caprerine Interviews Read more "

The extraordinary solidarity you have shown has allowed us to purchase and deliver 10 thousand masks and a large quantity of disinfectant gel to the community of La Maddalena. An operation that testifies to our closeness to the area where we have been operating for more than half a century and that has received praise from the local press and ...

A huge Thank You to all of you Read More "

The time has come to do something more. We have always taken care of the environment and our host territory, and in this time of emergency throughout the country we must commit ourselves to supporting it even more. As Centro Velico Caprera we have already sourced and purchased preventive health care garrisons for the ...

The CVC for La Maddalena Read more "

Four days to try out the boats purchased during this season full of important new features. Four days to race and challenge each other among friends. Four days to take stock of what happened in the season just ended, from the launch of the Sea.Ste.Ma environmental project to the Di Vela in Meglio oncology courses via the results of the Esa Cup. ...

Caprera Open 2019: an event dedicated to our staff and volunteers Read more "

Centro Velico Caprera last October 10, on the opening night of the European Academies Cup, presented and brought to the signature of all major European sailing schools Sea.ste.ma, an acronym for Sea Stewardship Manifesto, the marine stewardship project intended for major sailing schools across Europe. Sea.ste.ma is the first major ...

Sea.ste.ma: an alliance in the name of the environment Read more "

The selections that saw 6 crews, 4 Seniors and 2 Juniors, compete in the waters of Porto Palma for three days of very hard racing have come to an end. In particular, medium and strong wind conditions allowed for training in all conditions, with the use of all sail solutions provided during the ...

Esa Cup, selections over, today we start Read More "

Since 2011 it has been bringing together the best sailing schools in Europe in a three-day regatta divided into Senior and Junior classes. Now the European Acadamies Cup makes a stop in Caprera for the 2019 edition: in fact, it will be the Centro Velico Caprera that will host and organize the ninth edition of the kermis to be held in the waters of Porto ...

Esa Cup lands on Caprera Read more "

A visit that honors the commitment of students and instructors and confirmation that the work done over the past 50 years receives appreciation from the highest levels of institutions. The visit of President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella (pictured with CVC President Paolo Bordogna) to the Punta Coda base of the Centro Velico Caprera ...

President of the Republic guest at CVC Read More "

We believe in the importance, now more than ever, of networking among all those who love the sea and fight to make its beauty and fragility known. With this in mind, we couldn't help but renew our support for the Ocean Film Festival, the largest and most amazing festival of sea-themed short films in ...

CVC is a supporter of the 2019 Ocean Film Festival Read more "

This year the focus shifts decisively toward environmental discovery and protection: a week-long sailing trip in which you can be the protagonist of observations and data collection that, thanks to a protocol defined in agreement with La Maddalena National Park and with the substantial contribution of SEAME Sardinia and One Ocean Foundation and the sponsorship of Synergie ...

The scientific program of the Navigation and Environment course Read more "

"In 52 years it has trained 130,000 sailors and more than 1,000 instructors: the Centro Velico Caprera, set in the most beautiful and wild spot of the La Maddalena Archipelago, is the most famous sailing school in Italy and among the most important in the Mediterranean. Society changes, generations come and go, but the spirit of the CVC remains!" With this motivation ...

Centro Velico Caprera at VELAFestival 2019 Read more "

"Technology is not infallible, if systems fail you have to know how to handle it anyway." Speaking this way is Federico Hansberg, CVC instructor who teaches the Astronomical Navigation with Height Rows Course and a great sextant enthusiast, with a collection that boasts more than a hundred pieces. For this knowing ...

The sextant collector Read more "

Interpreting weather signals and being able to intervene on the most common failures of a marine engine are the ABCs of any sailor who can call himself such. Centro Velico Caprera and the Lega Navale Italiana Section of Milan are joining forces to maximize the effectiveness of the Engine Maintenance and Marine Meteorology courses that from this year will be held at the ...

Weather and Engine Maintenance courses move to Milan Read more "

Inspired by the skippering experience of its architect, Sam Manuard, the First 27 is a strong and light boat that is both sporty and fun thanks to its angular hull running all the way to the stern, vertical bulwarks, flotation and double rudder. In addition, the carbon rigging and deep lead keel, which accounts for 50 percent of the weight ...

CVC chooses Beneteau for Precruise boats Read more "

Among this year's many new features is one that we have not yet told you about but which we think will be one of the bombshells of this season. It is the fortnightly D3/C3 course . The idea of a 'mixed' master class stems from the desire to bridge a gap, that between dinghies and cabin cruisers, which is more perceived than ...

The new D3/C3 course (and why you can't do without it) Read more "

Centro Velico Caprera is participating with the International Sailing School Association (ISSA) in Boot Düsseldorf, the most important indoor boat show, staged from January 19 to 27 in Germany, confirming its commitment to the dissemination and teaching of sailing practice that, since 1967, it has been able to pass on to its 120,000 students. On the occasion of this event, ...

CVC at Boot Düsseldorf Read more "

This hasn't happened in a while. Sure, last year's Fiftieth Anniversary celebrations were an exceptional gathering, but Caprera Open was something different. Less official, perhaps, but more intimate and in some ways just as important. Three days dedicated to instructors, sailing and shore assistants, those who ...

Caprera Open 2018 Read More "

A race course that could not have been more difficult and a draw that immediately pitted us against the defending champions, the French of Les Glenans. And it was precisely at the home of the 'cousins' in Marseillans, France, that the feat succeeded: a gold at the European Sailing Academies Cup for Seniors (first time ever for ...

Greatest! Read more "

Centro Velico Caprera is supporting the second edition of Ocean Film Festival, a film festival that presents a selection of the best films from the Australian festival of the same name and will be in Italy starting October 15, 2018 to tell the best stories and adventures above and below the water. A commonality of purpose that ideally unites, and now ...

Ocean Film Festival, CVC among festival partners Read more "

Since 2011, the most famous sailing schools in Europe have been competing in a regatta every year: it is the European Sailing Academies Cup. The CVC is regularly invited to represent Italy, and this year it is attending the event with an exceptional coach, multiple world champion and Olympian Roberto Ferrarese, who also holds the course for the School ...

European Sailing Academies Cup: a chat with CVC coach Roberto Ferrarese Read more "

Centro Velico Caprera and We Will Care Onlus are among the protagonists of the 30th edition of the Mario Formenton Trophy, the most fascinating sailing regatta of the summer, scheduled for August 20. In an atmosphere of sharing and healthy competitiveness, this event sees boats of all types and skippers of all levels compete in a spectacular ...

Centro Velico Caprera and We Will Care together at the Formenton Trophy Read more "

Everyone likes the idea of a clean beach and a sea clear of trash. But how much do we actually do to find these conditions every time we go to the beach? How much can we contribute to making the sea and beaches cleaner? Clean Sea Life, a project co-funded by the European Union aims to increase public attention to the ...

Centro Velico Caprera supports Clean Sea Life Read more "

Terraces, double trapeze, low weight and great ease in handling loads, which also makes them suitable for mixed crews. These are some of the features of the RS800s that are arriving at Caprera these days and will be ready to be tested by experienced drifters starting next week. A new chapter ...

RS800s land at CVC Read More "

There is a Giro d'Italia in which whoever finishes first does not wear the Maglia Rosa. That's what Mauro Pelaschier (for the few who don't know who he is, find everything here) has been accomplishing since June 29 aboard Crivizza, a 1966 wooden sailboat, as an ambassador for One Ocean Foundation, with the aim ...

Pelaschier's Tour of Italy Read more "

We want you! We can't imagine a better way to describe Caprera than to have you, who are the heart and soul of our School, tell about it. And so, to put just a little extra spice on it, we decided to give a little gift to those who send us the most ...

MyCaprera! Read More "

Stefano Nannarelli, the naturalist who will accompany the crews during the Navigation, Environment and Culture course, was interviewed by YouMark after the press conference Knowing the Sea to Love and Respect it, held last June 13 at the Milan Triennale. If you would like to elaborate, below is the video  

It is not exactly a 'normal' course. In fact, what's normal about the MASTER STAGE: TECHNIQUE-TECHNICS-STRATEGY course is nothing at all. Starting with who will be teaching it, multiple World Champion and Olympian Roberto Ferrarese. If your goal is to develop to the maximum your technical skills and psychological resilience in view of competition here you will find -simply- the best of ...

Only the best Read more "

Centro velico Caprera President Paolo Martano and We Will Care students talked about their experience together during the program Sereno Variabile aired on Saturday, June 23 with an episode dedicated to the Maddalena Archipelago. Below you will find the clip, if you want to instead concerns the full episode find everything here (it is ...

The CVC in Sereno Variabile Read more "

Values, intentions and ambitions scan the dialogue on the future of Centro Velico Caprera, the most important sailing school in the Mediterranean. At the meeting "Knowing the Sea, to Love and Respect it," held today at the Milan Triennale, Centro Velico Caprera invites people to reflect on the importance of knowing the environment in which we sail, the respect that ...

Knowing the sea to love and respect it Read more "

Small, simple things That can make a difference. This year, those who go to Caprera will find on Base infographics created in collaboration with Green Planner that remind everyone--students, instructors and staff alike--how crucial it is to observe a few small things in everyday life to limit waste and consequently the impact of our ...

Green Planner and CVC together against waste Read more "

Did you know that the non-profit organization We Will Care promotes psychological support and empowerment of emotional, psychological and decision-making resources for cancer patients? And do you also know that these aspects are FUNDAMENTAL for improving the effectiveness of therapy and quality of life?If you do, perhaps you have also already heard about our project "Patients at ...

We Will Care-support the crew Read more "

Performing and adrenaline-pumping-they can touch 30 knots of speed-but at the same time surprisingly easy to tame, the Hobie Cat 16s have redefined the international paradigm of the sport-use catamaran, quickly establishing themselves as the two-hulled boat most widely used by Sports Schools and Clubs around the world. Could it have been missing ...

Hobie Cat 16 in Caprera: course dates online! Read more "

On display at the State University during the first week of spring are the image-testimonies of a group of women who, together with their psychologists and instructors from the Centro Velico Caprera , transformed sailing into an experience of deep emotional reconstruction after illness. The wind changes, the sea is unpredictable, but we must learn to keep our course. And we must do the same ...

Patients on board: the Exhibition Read more "

Usually when help is needed in the boat we ask, "Hands!" This time, however, it is your feet we need and for a cause that could not be better. In fact, we are organizing teams to run theMilano Marathon next April 8 to raise funds for the nonprofit We Will Care and in particular for ...

Milan Marathon 2018, CVC runs with We Will Care Read more "

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Below you will find useful information about attending our courses, if you have any questions, please call us at +39.02.86452191.

Within one month (30 days) before the start of the course it is necessary that:

  • Upload to your CVC account a medical certificate (for at least non-competitive activity) in pdf format (you can use our form found here
    Without a certificate you are not admitted to the courses (we remind Milanese that we have an agreement with Medici In Famiglia on non-competitive medical certificates, all details here.
  • Upload the duly signed "release form" to your account. Failure to do so will result in exclusion from the courses:
    – form for minors: ITA ENG;
    – form for adults: ITAENG;
  • Upload double-sided copy in single file of one of your ID documents
  • If this is your first course at CVC, or if you have not yet taken it, you must also upload a passport-size photograph of yourself.
  • Fill in your master data in your account: menu "personal data."

For luggage, use soft bags that take up little space when folded (no hard suitcases). Remember that cigarettes and tobacco are not for sale at the base.

For all courses:

  • sleeping bag (or sheet + blanket)
  • sailor's knife (*) needed in the boat for safety and ashore as a perch (see photo below)
  • boat shoes and also boat boots for cabin cruiser courses
  • 2-3 linen changes
  • 2-3 changes of sports socks
  • casual short and long pants
  • Lightweight long-sleeved shirts and hats to avoid sunburn (light colors recommended)
  • Wool sweaters/fleece (at least 2) to cope with the cold weather present at sea even in the summer months
  • personal hygiene items* and towels
  • hair dryer
  • battery-powered flashlight*
  • sunglasses
  • sailing gloves*
  • sunscreens
  • water bottle or thermal bottle
  • a pair of closed shoes is required for ground activities (the command).

Particularly for courses on dinghies:

  • lightweight long-sleeved or short-sleeved T-shirts made of lycra
  • spray jacket top
  • Neoprene wetsuit*, essential in spring and fall, also recommended in summer
  • Tall sailing shoes with socks (to protect feet from straps) or, better, neoprene socks*. For D3, D4, D5 and Foil courses, knee pads may be useful.

Particularly for courses on cabin cruisers:

  • Sailing oilskin (*) light or heavy depending on the season
  • Boat shoes with suitable soles (no Superga or similar, they slip), boots in cooler months

* items that can be purchased at the Caprera commissary

From the mainland > Olbia

By ship (arrival in Olbia or Golfo Aranci)

  • with TIRRENIA, MOBYLINES or GRIMALDI, departing from Genoa, Livorno (the night before) or other ports and arriving in Olbia. For information on current Conventions send an email to the secretary's office.
  • with SARDINIA FERRIES with departure from Livorno (the night before) and arrival in Golfo Aranci.
    etc...

By air (arrival in Olbia)

  • AEROITALIA, EASYJET, VOLOTEA or other companies, with departures from major Italian and foreign cities

Olbia > Palau

Palau is 50 km from Olbia, these are the means of transportation (route duration about 1 hour):

    • From Olbia port (maritime station), regular ARST bus . Price about 3 Euro
    • from Olbia center (bus station), regular ARST buses with departures every hour
    • From Olbia airport:
      - bus services every hour to Olbia center
      - TURMOTRAVEL (0789/21487) runs a direct service from Olbia airport to Palau-see schedule: https://gruppoturmotravel.com/linee-extraurbane
      - Aisoni cab service, with which CVC has an agreement:
        • Place in cumulative transfer € 20.00 including VAT per person each way
        • Car 1/3 seats + our driver €. 90.00 including VAT
        • Van 4/8 seats + our driver €. 140.00 including VAT
        • Overnight surcharge (9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.) 20%.
          Reservations at 348/7988280
          Mr. Fabrizio Aisoni will send the most suitable means (cab, minibus) according to the number of reservations.

Palau > La Maddalena

Palau to La Maddalena scheduled ferry (about 15 minutes) - ticket at ticket office before boarding.

La Maddalena > Caprera Base

Every Saturday in La Maddalena 1:45 p.m., on the Waterfront via Amendola, motorboat Apollo II departure with a CVC sign will transport students to Caprera (meet 10/15 minutes before). Before May 1 and after October 31, the motorboat will be replaced by bus, same time and meeting point.
Phone to be used only on Saturday of arrival in case of emergency: 347/6749599.
If you arrive late, from La Maddalena you can call a cab (see contact details among Useful Phones - average price 30/40 Euro or more).

The Centro Velico Caprera does not organize group trips but points out the existence of a Facebook Page dedicated to arrivals and departures so that participants can make the best travel arrangements.

By car it is not recommended to get to the Base

Access is allowed only as far as the gate to the Precruise dock, from there you wait for other students to arrive by ferry from La Maddalena. For the duration of the course you will have no opportunity to use it. For those arriving by car it is recommended to leave it in Palau.

The base has 3 settlements on the south coast of the island:

  • Punta Coda where drift initiation courses usually stay (separate women's and men's dorms)
  • Perfection, where they usually house other drift or cabin cruisers (mixed huts)
  • Pre-cruise, where the Cabin courses (mixed huts) usually stay.

Punta Coda has a CVC infirmary.

Upon disembarkation from the ferry, students from each course are assembled and assigned their places in the dormitories. You will take possession of your berth, dressed appropriately for the swimming and sculling test (drift initiation courses) or for the activity on the boats. You will then be assembled in the classroom to receive instruction from the Chief of Instructors (Shift Leader) and base staff.
There are individual safety boxes in the Punta Coda Initiation settlement. You will be given a key upon deposit of 50 Euro. In the other settlements there are collective safes. The School is not liable for theft of items left unattended. Avoid bringing valuables or excessive amounts of money.

Schedules
Life on Caprera is governed by the following schedules :
06.30 wake up
07.00 breakfast
07.45 lecture
09.00 embarkation
12.30 disembarkation
13.00 lunch
13.45 lecture
14.30 embarkation
18.30 disembarkation
20.00 dinner
21.00 comments on the day
22.30 silence

Particular attention is recommended to rest at night: in fact, very intense sports activity does not allow hours of rest to be lost.

  1. The CVC Foundation - Centro Velico Caprera ETS Centro Velico Caprera is a sailing and sea school, not a vacation center: attendance at courses requires commitment, discipline, spirit of adaptation and acceptance of behavioral norms, as well as the evaluations made by the School itself with regard to the suitability of each student to attend the required courses. The same attendance requires, in addition, adequate mental, physical and health conditions, as certified by the attending physician.
    It is acknowledged that the actions of the CVC Foundation are guided by the following principles and that attendance at its courses requires timely compliance with them: respect for the person, understood as the equal right and value of the individual without distinction of creed, gender or social condition; respect for and protection of the environment in particular the habitat surrounding our center; solidarity aimed at cooperation and mutual support among individuals, generating a sense of belonging to a large supportive community, as better specified in the Charter of Values and Code of Ethics to which reference is made and which must be respected.
  2. Access to the Bases is restricted only to those who are teachers or students in an ongoing course. No cars (which must remain outside the gate) or motorcycles, or dogs or other animals are allowed. Allocation of each course to one of the CVC Bases is at the discretion of the CVC itself, by virtue of non-discussable reasons of an organizational and safety nature for participants. Arrivals and departures must take place strictly according to the scheduled dates and times (use of collective means is recommended). No responsibility is assumed by the Center with reference to travel to and from the Caprera base.
  3. Absence, even temporarily, from the Base is not permitted except for justified reasons and with the permission of the Base Chief. Visits from relatives or friends are not allowed unless expressly authorized by the Base Chief.
  4. Tidiness and cleanliness, which are essential in a community life, cover not only one's person and personal belongings, but also the dormitories, common rooms and facilities, the surroundings, and the equipment and facilities on the Base.
    Vital to the School is the care of the vessels and materials.
  5. Sleeping after a busy and tiring day is a sacred right, so all noise in the vicinity of dormitories must cease at quiet time. Baby radios, iPods or the like are not welcome and their use is prohibited in common rooms. Cell phones are also to be used discreetly, and they are to be turned off during communal activities in any case.
  6. In courses with dormitory housing, students may not attend dormitories reserved for female students and vice versa.
  7. Safety is a dominant theme in education both at sea and on land: from the obligation to wear a life jacket and, where provided, a protective helmet, to rescue and firefighting equipment. Everyone contributes to the work of prevention, to avoid damage to people and equipment. The obligation to observe the rules dictated by current regulations and the directives issued remains in place.
  8. The Base Chief has the authority to remove from the Base any student who proves to be unfit for the community life of the school or who has been guilty of serious misconduct, including with regard to the principles and values set forth in Section 1 above.
  9. Use of the boats is permitted for the School's institutional activities. Any other use must be authorized by the Base Chief.
  10. The CVC reserves the right to take any measures, including sanitary measures, that it deems appropriate or necessary, in compliance with or as a result of legislative and/or regulatory provisions to gain access to the base and to attend courses.
  11. The regulations referred to in the preceding points are intended to be subject to national and regional regulations on measures, including behavioral and individual protection measures, aimed at countering the spread of COVID-19, as well as those set forth in the document "Behavioral Standards Emergency Covid" that can be consulted AT THIS LINK, to be considered a substantial part of these Living Standards.

In addition to personal telephones, to get in touch with students, from May to October, you can call the Secretariat in La Maddalena (tel. 0789/738529). Cell phones are not allowed to be used on the boat or during lessons ashore. Their use is allowed only during free moments.

All trainees participate in communal activities (distributing meals, cleaning the mess, dormitories and facilities, helping in the sail room and on the dinghies). This will help to acquire the mindset of living together on a boat where the whole crew contributes to the activities on board. For one day, in the weekly courses, or two days, in the fortnightly courses, each student is employed in the "command".

The CVC commissary is at Punta Coda and Precruise and is open daily (including Sundays). Hours: Punta Coda 12:30-1 p.m. 6:45-8 p.m. (Saturday 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.). Pre-cruise: 6:45-8 p.m. (Saturday 9:30-11 a.m.). At the commissary you can pay with cash, ATM or credit cards.

At the commissary you can find:

  • Technical leaders for sailing:
    • windbreakers;
    • sailing gloves;
    • wetsuit boots;
    • neoprene wetsuits;
    • sailing pants;
    • boots (on request).
  • Sailing clothing:
    • polo shirts, sweaters;
    • shoes (on request).
  • Miscellaneous accessories: blankets, sleeping bags, No cigarettes for sale.
  • You can also find:
    • drinks, cookies, snacks, ;
    • hygiene items

If there are special needs (medicine, etc.), the commissary clerk can purchase the necessities from time to time in La Maddalena.

From week 23 to week 31 no alcohol will be sold at the Punta Coda commissary.

Coke, beer, wine and other beverages can be purchased through the staff at the commissary. Water at the table and in the boat is provided free of charge.
For personal use, you can always refill your own water bottles from the dispensers provided at the bases.

The CVC is organized to follow the diet of people with celiac disease or severe food allergies (reported to the Secretariat before the start of the course).
In the case of food preferences, on the other hand, there may not be a dedicated meal, but one may choose the food genre, from those available, compatible with the intolerance as long as it is promptly reported and documented at the time of registration.

It is recommended to bring your personal ASL card. There is an infirmary on Caprera.
In case it is necessary to transfer to a hospital in La Maddalena or Olbia, the student will have to pay for the means to return to the Base.

The last morning of your stay in Caprera is devoted to tidying up the boats, sails, dormitories and the last bureaucratic formalities, including filling out the QUESTIONNAIRE where you can express your liking for the school's activities and suggestions for improving them: we value your opinion! After filling out the questionnaire, you will need to pack your bags.

Students are brought back to La Maddalena around noon by motorboat (before May 1 and after October 31 the motorboat will be replaced by a bus). From La Maddalena you can take a ferry to Palau and from Palau the regular bus to Olbia. We recommend booking a flight or ferry departing from Olbia from 6 p.m. onward.

ARST and TURMOTRAVEL Schedules: Olbia-Palau-Olbia

Milan Secretariat 02/86452191
La Maddalena Secretariat 0789/738529
La Maddalena Hospital 0789/737732
Taxi Aisoni (Olbia/Palau) (also for minibuses) 348/7988280
Cab Acciaro (also for minibuses of 6) 340/1554000
Taxi Musa Roberto (also for minibuses) 347/3706074
Taxi Meo Giuseppe 340/3616466 (cabs and minivans)
Taxi in Palau: Roberto 347/7520270 - Car 4 pax 80.00 minibus 8 pax 100.00 (to be verified)
Phone to call only on Saturday of arrival in case of emergency: 347/6749599

 

1 Step 1
Can you swim?

1. Have you taken sailing courses before?

2. Have you experienced sailing, racing or cruising before?

3. Assess your ability to perform these maneuvers with a white-sailed boat, either at the helm or as a crew member. (These are the maneuvers you learn in the C2 course)

Maneuver
Maneuver never performedWith uncertaintyDiscreetlyGood
a. Set sail from a buoy.
b. Taking a sailing buoy
c. Hold a tight upwind
d. Helm at the slack
e. Turning in the bow
f. Stop the boat heading into the wind
g. Turning stern
h. Performing a sailing anchorage
i. Pulling over a sailing dock
l. Taking a reefing hand to the mainsail while sailing
m. Changing a headsail with garrots,while sailing, even in a stiff wind
n. Recovering a man overboard

4. Can you tie these maritime knots?

Node
NoWith uncertaintyDiscreetlyWith ease
a. Savoy
b. Parlato
c. Plan
d. Flag
e. Gassa d'amante
f. Draft
In a year, how much do you go sailing?
Do you have a boat license?
If, in the School's judgment, you do not have the experience for the course you require, are you willing to attend the level that best suits your abilities?

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Can you swim?
How many years have you been sailing?
In a year, how much do you go sailing?
Do you know how to execute these knots: gassa d'amante, spoken, half-necks and savoia?
What is your technical level?
GoodQuiteWith uncertaintyNo
Steering upwind
Helm at the slack
Turning in the bow
Turning aft
Stop the boat heading into the wind
What is your advanced technical level?C4
GoodQuiteWith uncertaintyNo
Reduce the sail (mainsail - jib)
Taking a sailing buoy
Getting off and landing on a beach
Navigating without a rudder
Maneuvering in restricted waters
Navigating within a path
Assess your level of experience on a cabin cruiser
GoodQuiteWith uncertaintyNo
Recovering a man overboard
Mooring in motor harbor
Pulling in under sail at a dock
Making a sailing anchorage
Arming/cambering the spinnaker
Arming/arming the gennaker
Plotting a course
Making ship point
Assess your level of experience on a cabin cruiser
GoodQuiteWith uncertaintyNo
Recovering a man overboard
Mooring in motor harbor
Plotting a course
Making ship point
Assess your level of experience on a cruiserC4
GoodQuiteWith uncertaintyNo
Recovering a man overboard
Mooring in motor harbor
Pulling in under sail at a dock
Making a sailing anchorage
Arming/cambering the spinnaker
Arming/arming the gennaker
Plotting a course
Making ship point
Jibing with the spinnaker
Gybing with the gennaker
English mooring with spring and batticule
Consult a portolano
Preparing a piloting
Recognize I.A.L.A. signals (day/night)
Recognizing a ship's navigation lights
Check the battery charge level with a tester
Interpreting a METEOMAR Bulletin
Using a VHF radio while observing proper calling procedures
How many days in total have you sailed on a cabin cruiser?
Have you ever faced night sailing?
How many hours did you spend at the helm, more or less?
How many times have you made a Ship Point in navigation?
If, in the School's judgment, you do not have the experience for the course you require, are you willing to attend the level that best suits your abilities?

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Can you swim?
How many years have you been sailing?
In a year, how much do you go sailing?
Do you have a boat license?
Do you know how to execute these knots: gassa d'amante, spoken, half-necks and savoia?
What is your technical level?
GoodQuiteWith uncertaintyNo
Steering upwind
Helm at the slack
Turning in the bow
Turning aft
Stop the boat heading into the wind
Maintaining a course
Taking a sailing buoy
Knowledge of nomenclature
Hoisting and lowering a sail
Adjusting a sheet sail
What is your technical level?
GoodQuiteWith uncertaintyNo
Steering upwind
Helm at the slack
Turning in the bow
Turning aft
Only for C2, C2/C3
GoodQuiteWith uncertaintyNo
Using a Winch
Anchoring under sail
Sail reduction on cabin cruiser
What is your technical level?C4
GoodQuiteWith uncertaintyNo
Steering upwind
Helm at the slack
Turning in the bow
Turning aft
Stop the boat heading into the wind
Reduce the sail (mainsail - jib)
Taking a sailing buoy
Assess your level of experience on a cabin cruiser
GoodQuiteWith uncertaintyNo
Recovering a man overboard
Mooring in motor harbor
Pulling in under sail at a dock
Making a sailing anchorage
Arming/cambering the spinnaker
Arming/arming the gennaker
Plotting a course
Making ship point
Assess your level of experience on a cabin cruiser
GoodQuiteWith uncertaintyNo
Recovering a man overboard
Mooring in motor harbor
Plotting a course
Making ship point
Assess your level of experience on a cruiserC4
GoodQuiteWith uncertaintyNo
Recovering a man overboard
Mooring in motor harbor
Pulling in under sail at a dock
Making a sailing anchorage
Arming/cambering the spinnaker
Arming/arming the gennaker
Plotting a course
Making ship point
Jibing with the spinnaker
Gybing with the gennaker
English mooring with spring and batticule
Consult a portolano
Preparing a piloting
Recognize I.A.L.A. signals (day/night)
Recognizing a ship's navigation lights
Check the battery charge level with a tester
Interpreting a METEOMAR Bulletin
Using a VHF radio while observing proper calling procedures
How many days in total have you sailed on a cabin cruiser?
Have you ever faced night sailing?
How many hours did you spend at the helm, more or less?
How many times have you made a Ship Point in navigation?
If, in the School's judgment, you do not have the experience for the course you require, are you willing to attend the level that best suits your abilities?

Your personal information will be used to support your experience on this website, specifically in this form to respond to your request. You can view the full privacy policy at this address: Privacy Policy

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