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L’Associazione Matite in the PILLArs of herCuLes
Viaggio promuove l’interes-
se per il viaggiare quale scel- y Kamanta, a magnificent 14-meter boat of a friend,
ta motivata di rinnovamento
nella conoscenza dei luoghi Bwe made a very special sail in October 2004. We left in
visitati e dei suoi abitanti. the afternoon of October 20 from the port of Barcelona,
Visitare paesi e luoghi, in- we coasted along the east coast of Spain, until we went
contrare persone e comunità, out into the ocean through the Pillars of Hercules, and
conoscere civiltà antiche e con-
temporanee, sono le premesse arrived in Gibraltar. While sailing we stopped in Carta-
irrinunciabili affinché taccuini di viaggio manifestino la gena, Almeria and Malaga. From here there were excur-
volontà e il sogno di riconoscersi nella libertà e nella di- sions into the hinterland. We have also traveled to places
gnità di tutti gli uomini. we had seen from the sea. Headlands, bays, lighthouses,
coasts. We have also seen castles, towns, windmills, “pla-
Anna Maria Spiazzi - presidente dell’Associazione
“Matite in viaggio” ze de toro”, “taberne”. A unique cruise with very variable
sea and wind. The barometer began to fall on the eve-
ning we docked in Malaga. From Malaga we took the sea
the next evening. A fiery sunset with dozens of dolphins
leaping to the side of the hull in our same direction and
with our same gait. A fairytale company. Behind, howe-
ver, you could see, in the distance, the black cloud that
followed us from the east. We crossed the Strait of Gibral-
tar at night, winning a counter current that entered from
the ocean at almost four knots of speed, favored only
by an ugly wind that reached us behind. After passing
the Pillars of Hercules, we veered to starboard, heading
north, towards Cadiz. The stormy wind arrived on the
starboard beam, all of a sudden, with more and more su-
stained gusts. Now in the vicinity of Cadiz, the storm was
over with all its violence, and we entered the mooring
space just in time, before the pandemonium took place
outside in the ocean. In the small port of Cadiz many bo-
ats at anchor have been thrown against the rocks by the
fury of the wind.
Throughout the rest of the day and the following night,
the storm raged with unprecedented violence. But we
were safe now and heard the hiss of the wind while we
were eating shrimp and grilled fish in a tavern accompa-
nied by a perfect local wine.

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