Crew Profile CAPTAIN MASSIMO CONTINI DATE OF BIRTH August 4th 1954
NATIONALITY: ITALIAN MARITAL STATUS: Married LANGUAGE SPOKEN: FLUENT ENGLISH, SPANISH, WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF FRENCH
SAILING QUALIFICATIONS: Diploma from Nautical Institute of Camogli Captain license till 7 000 tons Italian Yacht Master License over 50 tons Displacement Officer of Merchant Ships Padrome Marritimo Federal Instructor’s sailing License Certificate Advance Open Water Radio Operator Certificate
SAILING EXPERIENCE:
Massimo CONTINI has a long experience of the sea and of the charter industry. He has been sailing as captain for 9 years on the S/Y TEMPLAR, a Baltic 51. He crossed the ocean 11 times. He spent also a total of 6 years on the S/Y ECLIPCE C, a Baltic 83 mainly sailing in the Mediterranean Sea. He has sailed all around the world from 1993 to 1997 an he has been chartering from 1997 to 2002 in the Caribbean Seas as Captain of the Catamaran Lagoon 55 ADVENTURE and from 2002 to 2205 as Captain in the Med on a catamaran Lagoon 57. From 2005 to 2006 he was Captain on the beautiful Catamaran EMOTION, a brand new catamaran ALDABRA 60. Working for the same owner for years, Massimo is a very easy-going-person, found of fishing, he knows perfectly the cruising areas of the Indian Ocean and will make you discover some untouched places there. Massimo is also an excellent chef who will bring on board some of his famous Italian recipes, his taste for fresh fishes’ carpaccio and the flavour of the Indian Ocean spices!
DECKHAND: ALESSANDRO SASSO DATE OF BIRTH 1971
NATIONALITY: ITALIAN MARITAL STATUS: Single LANGUAGE SPOKEN: FLUENT ENGLISH, FRENCH and SPANISH SAILING QUALIFICATIONS: Captain STCW 95
Alessandro SASSO is a professional skipper from 2003 with an experience of not less than 3 000 nautical miles per year. He has cruised mainly in the Mediterranean Sea and in the Caribbean, chartering there privately. Alessandro has a great experience in regattas, he is also an experienced PADI diver. He is a friend of MASSIMO CONTINI and share with him his passion of the sea.
STEWARDESS: LAURA TARAGLIO DATE OF BIRTH: 12 May of 1978
NATIONALITY: ITALIAN MARITAL STATUS: Single
EDUCATION:
1998/1999 Clotilde di Savoia High School, Turin 1999/2000 S. Carlo Trade School, Turin
