Claudio Scelza
YACHT SKIPPER & SAILING INSTRUCTOR 🇮🇹
LICENCES & TRAININGS
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Professional skipper's licence — the Italian state qualification Ufficiale di 2ª classe del diporto, 2026 - Sailing and motor boat licence with no distance limit from the coast, 2009
- Certified diver — able to dive to 50 metres to check an anchor, a propeller or a hull
- Qualified sailing instructor: Italian Sailing Federation, Level 1, for yachts and small boats
- Marine radio operator (VHF)
- Offshore safety and survival training
- First aid on board, 2025
- Fire safety on board, 2025
- CPR and defibrillator training, 2026
ABOUT ME
I was born in Pescara, on the Adriatic, and grew up on a boat. Every summer of my childhood was spent on a dinghy or a sailing yacht, working my way around the Italian islands — the Tremiti first, then Croatia, Greece, and the whole Tyrrhenian coast from Liguria to Sicily.
I started racing offshore in 2007 and never stopped: club regattas on the Adriatic, the Italian Offshore Championships, four ORC World Championships, three editions of the 151 Miglia. My place on board is usually the trimmer's — the person who spends hours adjusting a sail by centimetres. It taught me patience, and how to read a boat.
I have skippered charters since 2013 — private owners and charter companies, monohulls and catamarans up to 54 feet, from Pescara to the Bay of Naples. I like the word host as much as skipper: a good week at sea is as much about the table, the anchorage and the people as it is about the passage.
Ashore I am a lawyer and a civil and commercial mediator, also I am a partner in a company that builds carbon components for the marine industry. It means I can help with the paperwork of a boat as well as the sailing of it — and that finding an agreement between people is my expertise.
I started racing offshore in 2007 and never stopped: club regattas on the Adriatic, the Italian Offshore Championships, four ORC World Championships, three editions of the 151 Miglia. My place on board is usually the trimmer's — the person who spends hours adjusting a sail by centimetres. It taught me patience, and how to read a boat.
I have skippered charters since 2013 — private owners and charter companies, monohulls and catamarans up to 54 feet, from Pescara to the Bay of Naples. I like the word host as much as skipper: a good week at sea is as much about the table, the anchorage and the people as it is about the passage.
Ashore I am a lawyer and a civil and commercial mediator, also I am a partner in a company that builds carbon components for the marine industry. It means I can help with the paperwork of a boat as well as the sailing of it — and that finding an agreement between people is my expertise.
THREE REASONS TO SAIL WITH ME
- 1You will feel safe without noticing whyEighteen seasons of offshore racing, a professional Italian skipper's licence and current safety, first-aid and radio training. I do the checks before you come aboard; what you see is a calm crew and an easy day.
- 2I know these waters like the back of my handI was born in Pescara, have sailed the Italian islands since childhood, and have skippered charters around Naples, the Pontine Islands and the Amalfi Coast for more than ten years. I know which anchorage has the evening light, which harbour has the better dinner, and where to hide when the wind turns.
- 3I am a host, not only a skipperAs a lawyer and professional mediator ashore, I am good at people — at the table, with the marina office, with a crew of eight who have never met. My guests come back for the sailing and for the company.
The best charters start with a conversation.
Let's talk about your week at sea!
Let's talk about your week at sea!
Email: scelzaclaudio@gmail.com