(6 dicembre 2017) Around the world, alone, non-stop, without any assistance or electronic devices or navigational aids. It is madness? Maybe. Is it an adventure? Certainly. Is a dream? It was, and now it is a concrete project for the skipper, Francesco Cappelletti – or as he likes to say “sailor” – a 39-year-old Tuscan who for a year has dedicated his life to the preparation of the most legendary, longest, difficult, and most risky regatta in international sailing: the Golden Globe Race. The departure will be from Les Sables-D’Olonne, France, on July 1st 2018, exactly 50 years after the first edition in 1968 in which only one arrived out of the nine competitors arrived at the finish line after nine months of sailing. The route, it goes without saying, is the most challenging one leading to circle the three great capes of the Southern Ocean: Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leewin, Cape Horn. Challenging, mythical seas that have fueled literature and the stories which Francesco has nourished himself on for years and of which, in a few months, will be the protagonist – a small-great man in the vastness of the oceans. (red)
An italian at the 2018 Golden Globe Race
