{"id":828,"date":"2015-09-23T14:44:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T14:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carlolai.com\/carlo-lai"},"modified":"2026-07-12T12:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T12:45:17","slug":"carlo-lai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.carlolai.com\/en","title":{"rendered":"Carlo Lai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nautical experiences, Atlantic crossings and sailing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>I was born and raised a few kilometers from the sea, in Quartu Sant&#8217;Elena, Sardinia. \nAt 5 years old I got my first diving mask, and shortly after my first sail was a windsurf, then dinghies and small cabin boats.<\/p>\n<p>\nI have extensive experience, about 30 years, in nautical charter gained working with many companies in the sector and independently with my own boat. I have sailed throughout the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, with 4 equator crossings.<\/p><p> I have crossed the Atlantic Ocean under sail 22 times, to and from Brazil and the Caribbean.\n7 crossings of the Caribbean Sea. I have now sailed over 300,000 miles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carlolai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/traversata-atlantica.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carlolai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/traversata-atlantica.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carlolai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/traversata-atlantica-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carlolai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/traversata-atlantica-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carlolai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/carlo-lai-skipper-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carlolai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/carlo-lai-skipper-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carlolai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/carlo-lai-skipper-1-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carlolai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/carlo-lai-skipper-1-768x347.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carlolai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/carlo-lai-skipper_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carlolai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/carlo-lai-skipper_1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carlolai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/carlo-lai-skipper_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carlolai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/carlo-lai-skipper_1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nautical experiences, Atlantic crossings and sailing I was born and raised a few kilometers from the sea, in Quartu Sant&#8217;Elena, Sardinia. At 5 years old I got my first diving mask, and shortly after my first sail was a windsurf,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":840,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-828","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sailing Trips, Ocean Crossings and Sea Stories | Carlo Lai<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover Carlo Lai\u2019s sailing experience: ocean crossings, Mediterranean routes, Caribbean and Brazil sailing stories, with over 300,000 nautical miles at sea.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carlolai.com\/en\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" 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