RUEL RIGGING - Key Persons

Prior to establishing Ruel Rigging Mario's skills as a rigger date back to 1982. As a teen Mario sailed in the Canadian navy as a sea cadet aboard ‘Southern Swan Svanen'. This lead to the beginnings of his seafaring career as a sail training officer, who at age 17 sailed from Acapulco through the Panama Canal to Puerto Rico. He soon earned the reputation as an experienced yachtsman and joined numerous racing teams in the Carribbean - among them a 110ft schooner, and later as rigger aboard the maxi yacht ‘Condor' where he was recognised for his thoroughness and the extraordinary quality of his work. Mario sailed to Australia aboard ‘Condor' where he then joined the ‘HMS Bounty' and took up the position of Sailing Master. The Bounty set sail from Perth crossing the Indian Ocean, through the Red Sea and on to reach Portsmouth, England to join the re-enactment of the ‘First Fleet' in 1987. Mario left the Bounty upon reaching the shores of Brazil to start a family.