Nave school Amerigo Vespucci from Monday 8 October will be in port in Trieste and will support the information booth of the Navy during the whole week dedicated to the Barcolana, the international regatta that takes place traditionally in the Gulf of Trieste, this year at the 50ª edition.
Departed from Naples, where he took part in the Naples Shipping Week 2018, Vespucci ship will remain in the Julian capital until October 15 and can be visited by the citizens, participating actively in the sailing event and hosting several events on board.
Friday 12 October will be a day full of events on board: it will begin with the presentation of the “Vienna on the lake” event, a great event of solidarity and culture. The event is divided into various activities such as conferences, promotional and benefit concerts and visits to cultural sites, ending in an original gala evening at the “Venaria Real” and in which the young students of the Naval Academy participate. This will be followed by the presentation of the 2019 Navy calendar (published by Rodorigo Editore) entitled "Palombari ed Incursori nella Marina", which shows exceptional and unique images taken by the photographer Massimo Sestini.
Also the 12 October the University of Trieste and the Italian Electrotechnical Association, Friuli Venezia Giulia section, will hold a workshop on the theme "Navigating from Blue to Green - study and technology for sustainable navigation", while Admiral Romano Sauro , nephew of the gold medal for military valor Nazario Sauro, will present the project "Sauro 100 - a sailing boat trip and 100 harbors for 100 years of history".
But it will be the sailing sport to be the masters in the events that will mark the week of stopping the ship in Trieste with the exit at sea on 11 day on board the Vespucci with the athletes and promises of the youth sector, together with the volunteers of the sailing company Barcola and Grignano and the presentation of the 2019 International Sailing Week organized by the Naval Academy and City of Livorno, scheduled for the morning of October 13, which will be attended by Admiral Pierpaolo Ribuffo, commander of the Naval Academy.
Monday 8 October, at 11.00, after the arrival in port, the Captain, captain of ship Stefano Costantino, will hold a press conference on board during which he will present the historic sailing ship and the activities that saw him protagonist during this period, among the "school-work alternation" training project stands out in favor of a group of young members of ANMI, STA-I and LNI boarded in Naples, and currently on board.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
- 11 October - Exit at sea on Nave Vespucci dedicated to young athletes and promises of the youth sector together with the volunteers of SVBG - Velica Company of Barcola and Grignano
- 12 October 11 hours: 00 - "Vienna del Lago" event press conference
- 12 October 12 hours: 00 - Presentation of the Navy calendar for the 2019 entitled "Diving and Navy raiders"
- 12 October at 16: 00 - Trieste University Workshop and Italian Electrotechnical Association in Friuli Venezia Giulia on the theme "Navigating from Blue to Green - study and technology for sustainable navigation".
- 12 October at 18: 30 - Project Conference "SAURO 100 - a sailing boat trip and 100 harbors for 100 years of history ".
- 13 October 11 hours: 00 - press conference of the International Sailing Academy and City of Livorno 2019 Sailing Week.
- 13 October 10 hours: 00 - Public opening of the Faro della Vittoria on the occasion of the Autumn Fair Days.
- 14 October 10: 30 - start of the 50 regatta edition of the Barcolana Regatta with the participation of Navy Ship Sagittarius.
Further Reading:
Nave School Amerigo Vespucci, the oldest unit in service in the Navy built entirely and set up at the Royal Naval Shipyard of Castellamare di Stabia. With the hull set on 12 on May 1930, the 22 on February 1931 has been launched; godmother of the launch was Mrs. Elena Cerio. The 26 May 1931 was handed over to the Royal Navy, and the next 6 june entered service as a School Ship, joining the twin Cristoforo Colombo (actually slightly smaller), three years older, and forming the "Navi School Division" with it. command of the Admiral Cavagnari. Upon returning from the first Education Campaign, the 15 October 1931 received in Genoa the Flag of Combat, offered by the local UNUCI Group (National Union Officials on Italian Leave).
The ship's motto is "Not who starts but what perseveres", assigned in the 1978; originally the motto was "For the Fatherland and for the King", already belonging to the previous Amerigo Vespucci, replaced a first time, after the Second World War, with "Balances in the fury of winds and events", finally with the current one.
From a technical-constructive point of view, the Amerigo Vespucci is a sailing ship with an auxiliary engine; from the point of view of the sailing equipment it is "armed to Nave", then with three vertical masts, foresail, mistress and mezzana, all equipped with flagpoles and square sails, plus the protruding bowsprit on the prow, to all intents and purposes a fourth tree. The unit is also equipped with cutting sails: the flakes, at the bow, between the bowsprit and the foresail, the stralli, between foresail and teacher and between mistress and mezzana, and the mainsail, equipped with boom and peak, on the brim.