mandag 25. februar 2008

Stefano Cottardo's "Serena"


Italienske Stefano Cottardo kjøpte for noen år siden en A55 i Bergensområdet. Han bodde i båten og seilte den tur-retur Nordkapp. Båten (Serena) befinner seg nå i Italia og Stefano snakker om å stille den ut på Venice Boat Show i 2008 for å presentere sine opplevelser i Norge.

Her er en liten historie om den gangen han seilte utenfor Stadt. Klokka var ca. elleve og han gikk over bord to ganger i 6 meter høye bølger. Båten kullseilte ikke, men han var kanskje veldig heldig, som han selv sier:

"Well the story overboard was a bit scary, after I was smashed offboard at 23 at night, 30 miles offshore, I managed to climb onboard from the stern and at 02,30 the boat went across the waves and the boat was 90 degrees on the wather, so I fell in the wather again. Then was easy to climb back onboard because the boat was stopped. I saw the boat 90 degrees and then back straight. then I was wet at the helm until 13 o'clock the day after. After I got dry cloth kept on sailing untill 20 when I entered in Fedje in very rough condition.

The first time a bracking wave hitted the bottom of the boat meanwhile I was surfing and I have been ejected from the cockpit. I will put straps now like on the windsurf."


Stefano tror aldri han kommer til å selge båten:
"She is a perfect boat"!