Boat International – June 2017

http://www.boatinternational.com | June 2017

OWNERS’CLUB

“IT’S ABOUT NATURE. IT’S ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU turn off the

engine and just sail with the waves and the wind and nothing else. It is the fact that, by the force

of nature, the boat is moving, which is incredible.” Lenny Recanati loves being at the wheel,

adrenaline pumping through his veins, forgetting whether it is cold or hot and losing track of

time. “Nothing comes close to this,” he says.

He likes the intimacy of his boat, the closeness it fosters with family and friends, and reaching

out of the way places. He enjoys being a goodwill ambassador with his boat and crew, who help

children in faraway villages. He always takes a camera and captures images of the scenery and

animals but also of colourful markets and ceremonies. He’s fascinated with other cultures and

doesn’t allow differences in language to get in the way of good conversation, be it in Papua New

Guinea, where he met a local chief, or on a tobacco farm in Cuba, where, in 2008, he smoked the

best cigar of his life, rolled by the godfather of Cuban cigars, Don Alejandro Robaina himself.

Two circumnavigations

and 130,000-plus miles over

12 years... Lenny Recanati

has lived sailing life to the full

with his 27 metre Vivid.

The globetrotting entrepreneur

shares the many highlights

with Cécile Gauert

On board

with

LENNY

RECANATI

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