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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
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Alessandro Di Benedetto de Coorebyter-InDon’t be afraid of the big wave that you can see but of the one behind News | Friday, 19 February 2010 Read more |
Check up before the Pacifico.Last December 18th as there was no wind, Alessandro had done a first check up in the middle of Southern Atlantic before entering the Indian Ocean. He had swum under the boat to clean the lower part of the hull which was covered with shells. The water was clear and relatively warm . He had even had the opportunity to make pictures 6 meters under water. Yesterday it was the same thing off the coasts of Tasmania. The water was colder and brown-green. The lower part of the hull was ‘clean’.Romain Lucat and Yves Parlier had planned to make Alessandro do this second check up before facing the Southern Pacific; but anchored in an island of New Zealand. Who else ... News | Friday, 19 February 2010 Read more |
Round Cape LeeuwinThursday February 4 2010Alessando headed North to escape a big depression, then he headed East again, parallel to the Australian coasts. He sailed past Leeuwin Cape on rhe night of February 2nd . That makes two, there is just one left...the Horn ! But it is still a long way. Alessandro wrote: "everything is all right on board. Leeuwin OK. Changing winds with a lot of heavy showers. Winds from 4 to 27 knots"When winds are changing , the speed is changing as a conclusion there are a lot operations on the deck. Yesterday he went up the mast to repair the weather vane that had broken when the boat was swept by a breaker wave a few days ago.... News | Wednesday, 17 February 2010 Read more |
Meeting with dolphin
In the Atlantic Alessandro saw and or simply ‘heard’ the breathing of whales very close to his boat . Once in the Indian Ocean the birds had taken over the cetaceans, especially the majestic albatrosses. Some of them even accompagnied him for a
Alessandro and Findo
There have been contacts with the ‘Marion Dufresne’ boat of the TAAF (Terres Australes Antarctiques Françaises) Hervé Le Goff, a scientist, a friend of Sébastien Roubinet’s , is on a mission on board, he gave precious indications to Alessandro .Here
Superate le Isole Ke
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
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



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".