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Cecilia Carreri (born in Vicenza, Italy) is an Italian yachtswoman, painter, writer and mountaineer. She is the only Italian woman to have completed the oceanic Transat Jacques Vabre regatta and the Rolex Fastnet Raceon an Open 60, IMOCA class.

Biography

Sailing experience

Cecilia Carreri began sailing when she was 14 on a Flying Junior and, after taking two courses at the famous Italian sailing academy Centro Velico Caprera, she purchased her first boat, a 470 named Superbuba, an Olympic class dinghy with which she sailed extensively in Sardinia and in the Adriatic Sea. Her passion and sailing expertise grew, leading her to purchase a racing boat, a Mumm 36, named Mummut, with which Cecilia circumnavigated the Italian island of Elba (single-handed), Corsica (double-handed) and Italy (double-handed), sailing through Greece. To achieve her dream, she went to Dunkerque, France where the “Mare Verticale” project began, an Open 60 racing yacht designed by architects Finot-Conq.

The Open 60 is a 60 foot-long monohull oceanic racing yacht; it’s 18 feet wide, it has a 15-foot draft, a 90 foot mast and weighs 8.5 tonnes. The Open 60 is an IMOCA class racing yacht..

The yacht was previously named Somewhere and Active Wear skippered by Marc Thiercelin, and Arcelor-Dunkerque skippered by Joé Seteen. Cecilia Carreri named the Open 60 Mare Verticale and participated in the Rolex Fastnet Race between England and Ireland (with crew) and in one of the most challenging races in the world, the Transat Jacques Vabre (double-handed) from Le Havre (France) to Salvador de Bahia (Brazil) in 17 days. Shortly after arriving in Salvador, she crossed the ocean again bringing the boat back to Dunkerque in 22 days. Upon finishing the race, she was welcomed and awarded by the honorary Italian consul Giovanni Pisanu as the sole Italian to complete the race, after the trimaran skippered by Giovanni Soldini and Vittorio Malingri capsized during the race. Cecilia received various prices and distinctions and much attention from both the French and Italian press. She was also awarded the Vendée Globe in 2016.

Mountain experience

Cecilia Carreri is also an expert mountain climber and ski mountaineer. She was lead climber on all the classic 5º and 6º degree climbing routes of the Dolomites and she climbed various alpine peaks over 4000 m. In particular, in the Monte Rosarange, she climbed Western Breithorn (4165 m), Polluce (4091 m), and Castore(4228 m); various peaks in the Adamello range; the Cevedale (3769 m), the Ortles (3905 m); the Piz Bernina (4050 m), the Koenigspitze or Gran Zebrù (3857 m), the Piz Palù (3882 m). During this time she also ascended the French side of Mont Blanc with alpine skis and climbing skins, touching three major peaks in 8 hours, starting from Cosmique refuge: Mont Blanc du Tacul (4284 m), Mont Maudit (4468 m) and Mont Blanc (4809 m), descending all the way back to Chamonix. She also took part in various Extra-European mountaineering expeditions. In Himalaya, she completed a solo climb from Kathmandu up to the base camp on the southern face of Lhotse (8516 m), ascending to Island Peak (6189 m). The following year, she took part in a Tibetan expedition to Cho Oyu, an 8189 m. high peak. In Africa, she climbed Mount Kenya, 5199 m, through the Ice Windows. In Morocco, she ascended Jbel Toubkal (4.167 m) with alpine skis. In the USA, she has been rock climbing in Yosemite’s Tuolumne Meadows, in Joshua Tree, California and in Red Rocks, Colorado.

Cecilia Carreri is passionate about oil painting and has shown her paintings in various exhibitionsin Vicenza, Brescia and Paris.

In 2017 Cecilia published a book about her mountaineering adventures entitledMontagne di vita. Her sailing stories can be found in two different books, Prendere il largo con il Mumm 36 and Alla Transat Jacques Vabre, passando per il Rolex Fastnet Race.

After the many challenges faced in mountaineering and oceanic racing, Cecilia is currently seeking new challenges in GT sports racing. Cecilia participated in the Porsche Sports Cup Suisse with the German team Proton Competition, driving a Porsche 991 Gt3 Carrera Cup.

Cecilia Carreri holds a Postgraduate Degree in Law from the University of Padova. After working as Barrister, she was nominated Judge in charge of Preliminary Investigations, for the Criminal Court of Treviso and then Vicenza, where she held the position for 15 years starting in 1994.

Cecilia Carreri published a book telling her story as Judge for the preliminary investigations in the case regarding the financial collapse of the Italian credit institution Banca Popolare di Vicenza, by the title Non c'è spazio per quel giudice, il crac della Banca Popolare di Vicenza. (“There’s no place for that Judge, the financial collapse of Banca Popolare di Vicenza”) and a book denouncing the malpractice of the Italian Judiciary system: Non chiamatemi giudice (Don’t call me Judge”).

Since 2010, Cecilia Carreri is director of the publishing house Edizioni Mare Verticale specialised in biographies and autobiographies of men and women who have excelled in the world of sports such as mountaineering, sailing, rally raiding, Formula 1, and alpine skiing; the publishing house also features a special series on History.

1980 Voce "Successione Legittima" nel Novissimo Digesto Italiano
1991 I reati di bancarotta fallimentare - Giuffré
2006 Mare Verticale - Ugo Mursia Editore
2008 L'oceano di Mare Verticale - Ugo Mursia Editore
2008 La montagna di Mare Verticale - Ugo Mursia Editore
2009 Fermate la giustizia - Ugo Mursia Editore
2011 Dimenticare l’Himalaya - Edizioni Mare Verticale
2012 Le Dolomiti nel deserto - Edizioni Mare Verticale
2016 Monte Kenya e dintorni - Edizioni Mare Verticale
2016 Le nevi del Marocco - Edizioni Mare Verticale
2016 Alpamayo Perù - Edizioni Mare Verticale
2017 Montagne di Vita - Edizioni Mare Verticale
2017 Prendere il largo con il Mumm 36 - Edizioni Mare Verticale
2017 Alla Transat Jacques Vabre, passando per il Rolex Fastnet Race - Edizioni Mare Verticale
2017 Non c’è spazio per quel giudice, prima edizione
2017, Non chiamatemi giudice
2018 Non c’è spazio per quel giudice, seconda edizione

Transat Jacques Vabre

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