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Alessandro intende ringraziare
in particolar modo:
Prof. Salvatore Bommarito, Arch. Mario Virano, Alberto Monaco, dr. Giuseppe Polizzi, Ispettorato Territoriale Sicilia, COSPAS / SARSAT (Bari), Salpancore (Palermo), Kannad, Mc Murdo, Yokohama Bayside Marina (Japan), Centro Velico Balestrate, Prof. Robin Candau, Prof. Philippe Grise, Prof. Alain Groslambert, Lega Navale Italiana, Federazione Italiana Vela, Tecno Team (Palermo), Nautica del Porto-Porto Garibaldi, Antonio Farinelli, Stefano Trombelli, Luca Rizzi, ESPACE MER - Les Sables d'Olonne, PORT OLONA - Les Sables d'Olonne,  Picchio - Pietro Matteucci, Alessandra e Massimo Giardini, Lega Navale Italiana Sciacca, Lega Navale Italiana Bari, Lega Navale Italiana Crotone, Lega Navale Italiana Agrigento, Lega Navale Italiana Castellammare del Golfo
Alessandro Di Benedetto - Round the World
Alessandro Di Benedetto sfida gli Oceani con la piccola Findomestic Banca

After the Atlantic in December 2002 (First single-handed transatlantic in the "20 feet sport" category (less than 20 feet sport catamaran without cabin), non stop, not assisted, approved by WSSRC/ISAF ) and the Pacific in August 2006 (World Record - North Pacific Ocean Crossing, single-handed, non stop, not assisted in the "20 feet sport" category, approved by WSSRC/ISAF) Alessandro Di Benedetto, a Franco-Italian geologist ,39 years old, decided to sail "around the world".

The challenge

Attempt to sail around the world, single-handed, non stop, not assisted, by a sailing boat 6.5  mt long

International certification by the World Sailing Speed Record Council/International Sailing Federation WSSRC/ISAF, first world competition and record all over the world.

In case of triumph it would be the first case of a sailing boat inferior to 32 ft accomplishing such a feat (Round World Sailing Records are certificated by WSSRC)

The new trip rules are very simple. They are the same used for  the Golden Globe, first regatta single-handed sailor held by Sunday Times in 1968/69, later become Vendée Globe:

    * A sailor, a sailing boat, the globe circumnavigation sailing past the 3 Capes at left (Agulhas, Leeuwin, Horn), without any landing and not assisted.
 
Posizione

2010/02/08 20:00:00 lat. 46° 57' 07"S long. 130° 18' 36"E

speed 5.7 knots

wind NW 25 knots, wave W 4 mt


Visualizza round the world in una mappa di dimensioni maggiori
 
Leggi gli sms di Alessandro Di Benedetto

Sunday, January   24 , 2010   4:15 am
Sail slowly….. chaotic sea, strange, big  wave compared to the wind, as North Pacific. Big surf aside last night and tonight but no damage, wind generator  Ok

Saturday January  23 2010  8:10 am
 Under mainsail with reef  and genoa. Some surfing at 10.5 knots. Ok aboard. Food stock ok, they are shared by different oceans ... I still jam and nuts. Menu of Indian Ocean: 1 glass of  couscous, 1 glass of mashed potatoes ,much red peppers, 1 cube of chicken bouillon, olive oil from Sicily, boiling water.
 
 Friday   January 22 2010  9.29 am
 Today wind ok but bad surprises with sails. Found holes to CODE ZERO used very near and small tears in mainsail. Finished sewing gennaker.  Time zone UT +6.

Wednesday  January 20 2010 8.13 am
Now light wind. Big spi. This evening it will reinforced. Am sewing. Temperature on the sail
 6 ° c  water at 3.5 ° C. Boat and me OK

Monday January  18  2010  9.36 am
Found water in the hold . I must move food's containing, etc  , to see where it comes from.  I heeled yesterday! Nothing to worry about.

Sunday, January  17  2010   9:03 am
Today, three important events:  time change  UT (Universal Time) + 5h, passing south of Kerguelen island and the Furious Fifties. Gale but good wave ok, good speed. Next to pass the 90 ° east of Greenwich, quarter of the Antarctica circumnavigation
 
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Superate le Isole Kerguelen

Alessandro left on his left the beautiful islands of Kerguelen and traveled through almost half of the Indian Ocean. His average speed since at the beginning has been  good, everything is all right, he is in good spirits , Physically everything is fine and the boat is  orderly...

News | Monday, 28 December 2009

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la partenza

Lunedì 26 Ottobre 2009, Alessandro Di Benedetto parte quindi da Les Sables d’Olonne, luogo di partenza ed arrivo della nota competizione velica Vendèe Globe, per il giro del mondo in solitario, senza scalo e senza assistenza su una barca a vela di 6,5 metri, un minitransat modificato da lui stesso per renderlo adatto alle avverse condizioni meteorologiche che prevede di affrontare.Nuovamente chiamato in causa dunque, il World Sailing Speed Record Council/International Sailing Federation che omologherà in caso di successo, il primato mondiale e il record del mondo.La navigazione, salvo inconvenienti, durerà circa sei mesi. Ma cosa spinge un essere umano ad affrontare una simile impresa e, soprattutto, a correre un così grande rischio? Prima della partenza abbiamo rivolto alcune domande ad Alessandro Di Benedetto che, senza troppi orpelli, ci ha raccontato della sua grande passione per "gli oceani"!  Attraversare il globo ...

News | Sunday, 5 July 2009

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