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Barefoot, windswept, sun-kissed : Sailing around the world on Obiwan
"when a structurally and stubbornly unathletic person like me suddenly desires to be on that very boat, to sleep in a berth, to dive into the deep sea alongside colorful fish, and to collect pearls with her hands, you can believe it: something has worked its magic. I assure you, "BAREFOOT, WINDSWEPT, SUN KISSED" has worked this miracle"
Lia Levi
Raffaella discovers sailing when she is very young: sea, wind, adventures to be shared with real friends; carefree moments in a student's life that seems too narrow to her. Then she becomes a woman, works in the office, supports the family business, but does not stop dreaming of the sea. She sets up her own boat vacation business and meets Giovanni, with whom she decides to make her life's dream come true. They equip their sailboat Obiwan and decide to leave everything behind to go. From Greece to Colombia, from Panama to French Polynesia, from Fiji to Australia, after two ocean crossings and several years of sailing, Raffaella remains barefoot, windswept and sunkissed, as she always dreamed of being. Through her experiences, she proves that plunges from the heights in life are necessary suspensions before reaching happiness.
An adventure that began 8 years ago and that has led us to cross two oceans, to travel more than 20,000 miles, visiting the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, Panama, the Galapagos Islands, French Polynesia, the Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia.
The aspect of the book that is closest to my heart are the encounters with the people we met, both on land and on the other boats, and the experiences with the different cultures we encountered along the way, in a route marked more by friendships and exchanges with "others" than by the miles.
I did not want to simply write a ship's log, recounting maneuvers and storms, an aspect that cannot be missing in a book about such a journey, but I wanted to focus more on the human aspect and the description of the wonderful places we saw along the route.
The aspect of the book that is closest to my heart are the encounters with the people we met, both on land and on the other boats, and the experiences with the different cultures we encountered along the way, in a route marked more by friendships and exchanges with "others" than by the miles.
I did not want to simply write a ship's log, recounting maneuvers and storms, an aspect that cannot be missing in a book about such a journey, but I wanted to focus more on the human aspect and the description of the wonderful places we saw along the route.
