Velisti per Caso (2002)

The last "extraordinary" episode of the Velistipercaso series should have aired a few months ago. It was supposed to be an "out of series" episode, a sort of homage to the hard core of viewers who were passionate about this undertaking, which saw Adriatica leave from Marina di Ravenna more than three years ago and return to port after crossing three oceans. But this last episode is about Yemen, and right on the days it should have aired there was the episode of the kidnapping of the 5 Italian tourists, a story that ended happily but could have had a tragic epilogue. And only now, after some time, can Velisti per Caso reasonably resume their discourse, which has always seen them put themselves in the front row to support the reasons for traveling, despite everything. Adriatica was launched two weeks after September 11, when tackling a Round the World might have seemed like madness.

June 18, 2006, midnight