The crew

Katja & Fabio

Sailing brought us together

Danish Katja and Italian Fabio met 35 years ago at a sailing competition in The Netherlands.

A first adventure crossing the Atlantic

Soon after we met we started building a glassfiber woodcore Van de Stadt 47 (Samoa) from scratch. In 1998 Faidate (Italian for "DIY") was launched in The Netherlands and in 2000 sailed to Mediterranean Spain where we spent the Summers exploring the Balearic Islands. We took a sabbatical in the years 2002-2004 and crossed the Atlantic to Brazil with our three young children.

Our current life

Now we cruise Faidapiu, a purpose built a performance catamaran (Schionning Arrow 1500). It was launched in Germany in 2020, sailed from The Netherlands to Italy in 2022, left the Med in 2023 and crossed the Atlantic to Brazil. In 2024 we sailed Brazil and are currently in the Caribbean.
Let’s see where the wind takes us next!