On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 20:27:01 GMT,
Manlio Laschena wrote:
Followup to msg on Sat, 17 Jul 2004 14:06:29 GMT, "Hoges in WA"
:
(Original msg on bottom)

try Rod Heikell : Italian Waters Pilot ISBN 0 85288 627 6
www.imray.com

BTW there are thousands of pleasure boats around Italy and they sail
all the time ... :-))) or we would like to do it !

There are a lot of Marinas and harbours .. Italy is a big peninsula
totally surrounded by sea, as you know ... how could be .. with no
harbours. Have you never heard about Genoans, Pisans, Neapolitans ,
Venetians etc ..not to talk about Colombo . all sailors !!

Anyhow if you have some specific question ask here !
Ciao

Manlio


I was in Bari a couple of years ago on business. Boats all over the
place. Warm water, great weather (a bit muggy inland, but great on the
coast).

Old harbour, pre Roman IIRC, lots of interesting maritime history.

Really wish I could have brought the boat with me, but it
exceeded my checked baggage allowance, plus, I think my boss was worried
I wouldn't come back then


In the mags I read I see plenty about cruising in France, Greece, the
Caribbean, the Pacific etc etc with some spots getting a lot more coverage
than others for whatever reason.

One thing I have begun to notice is that there appears to be precious little
on Italy. Apart from Sicily, and there is not much of that, is there a
reason behind this? Are there no navigable waterways? Few harbours? Few
anchorages?


Just curious.

Manlio Laschena
http://Delphi-Jedi.org


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