Alzavola

And then we left Europe in Alzavola. She is what you can call a "Cozy Classic": 77 feet of 4 cm thick Burmese teak, well kept by her meticulous owner, the highly respected Enrico Zaccagni, a Florentine architect, and meteorology freak - or just Chicco, simple as that. And simple he is. A real pirate at soul.
Note: a pirate, and yet, a ham radio. This pirate wasn't into letting his hair fly in the wind. He disseminated words - in Italian - through the seven seas.

It is well worth knowing this Philip & Son ketch was originally built in 1924 for Sir Walter Ramsey Kay in Dartmouth, and Zaccagni embraced her 36 years ago as Gracie III.

I have not much left to say. It is sailing with people like Chicco, a real poet of the sea, and Nicole, a great Italian cook, aboard boats like Alzavola, which is a dream come true and well kept, that make sailing worth it for anything in the world.
Better remind ourselves, though, that we're also worth something.  

Cheers and Thanks Life, for what you give.

Chicco and his crew aboard the Alzavola