Cristian Arena
Captain
Nationality: Italian
Spoken languages: italian (mother tongue), english (fluent)
Education: High School and nautical license at the Nautical Institute of La Maddalena, Sardinia.
Embarks: from 1997 to 2004 he was embarked in passengers ships as a sailor and Chef; from 2004 to 2008 helsman officer in american military passenger ships in La Maddalena; from 2009 to 2010 he was Captain on italian passenger ships; from 2010 to 2017 he worked on various charter yachts as a Captain in Sardinia & Corsica with the Company Poltu Quatu Charter.
From 2018 to 2021 he has been Captain of the Predator 72 Aspire of London, where he has proved to be an excellent captain, with great satisfaction of guests and Owner who is the same company of the M/Y Princess V78 Aramis, where he has been then appointed as Captain on November 2021. 2025 will be his 5th year on board.
Cristian experience on charter activity is of more than twenty years during which he acquired a deep knoledge of pleasure and charter yachts.
Excellent fisherman and always true sailor he has very deep knoledge of this charter area (Sardinia and Corsica) able to lead the boat in places that few knows with amazement and great satisfaction of guests. Serious, absolutely trustable, scrupulous and very well prepared even in the need for repairs and technical activity on board, Cristian is a complete and reliable captain in all circumstances. Direct and gentle, a true seaman , he knows how to pamper clients from whom he always deserves esteem and affection.
Even if it is not his task Christian is also a very good Chef, very skilled with a great experience having been also a "sous chef" for 5 years in the famous Maddalena Restaurant "La Grotta".