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Marco

Marco

The love for moving around the world is not a choice, but a necessity to satisfy one’s fate. The traveller just has to move, otherwise he’d feel exceedingly unhappy. Simple as that. To me life spent in the same place is worse than just a wasted chance, but a neglected duty that our own judgement, the earthly and practical version of the catholic one, will condemn severely. Because travelling means to learn and understand with one’s own eyes, without the foggy shades we borrow from sources that become everyday less reliable.

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If one is neither into sailing performance nor into nautical aestethics, the two basic points of a purist sailor, then to charter a Bavaria 50 might be just a perfect choice for a sailing vacation. It’s dumb-ass simple, ferry-wide, dirty-cheap and german-smart. The story if you expect to buy Bmw quality you are off the mark but the German answer …
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Santorini is the Audrey Hepburn of the Greek islands: not the most beautiful yet incredibly popular, not the sexiest nonetheless wildly desired, and with a myth bordering the legendary in its name. It looks like one’s day in Santorini should be centered around the sunset, when the formidable tourist machine gives its absolute best (and worst).  It is basically compulsory to …
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If you are a British couple 3 years away from retirement of a very successful career, but you are somewhat missing in your experience wandering the world and the big blue yonder, now exactly that would be the moment to drive to Ipswich and sign on the dotted line to order your perfect customized Oyster. Which will be delivered upon …

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Discover the amazing Amalfi Coast as you tour the ancient villas of Pompei, the romance and fashionable splendor of Capri and Amalfi, the ancient wonder of the Veiled Christ and the busy streets of Procida. Accompanied by our skippers and staying in delightful sailboats and some iconic hotels this itinerary delves into Italy’s grand past while exploring the intricacies of its …

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There are snapshots, instant images that tells us in an blink the reason why we go to sea. The only place where we still feel like older men in happier times, when the world was there to discover. Of course we know that if there is a number on a chart, someone has been there already. But still the water …
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The story a boat with 3 double (and a pullman in the 45) cabins and 2 wc meets the requirements of so many different sailors to represent the not to miss target for every builder. And Beneteau, who was the first to go for numbers, learned the job pretty well. They have been loking for that comprimise for decades and …

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There is only one place on the planet where you can enjoy a spectacular dinner of swordfish rolls and stuffed calamari, sipping perfect chardonnay and having a midnight swim in crystal waters under the herculean fireworks of an active volcano. And this place is Stromboli, and Stromboli is the must: it’s impossible to overestimate the subtle charm and violent beauty of …
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High heels allowed If you step on a Lagoon 44-450 coming from a big hotel suite you’ll feel slightly constricted, but on the other side if you climb on it (sorry I cannot call ‘she’ a catamaran) from the side of a 44ft monohull you’ll suspect that you just arrived on top of the Table Mountain. The thing IS huge. The …