This saturday we are going to relive "GUGLIELMO MARCONI" trip around the World in 1973 when LLOYD TRIESTINO was promoting and billing these voyages as "INTORNO AL MONDO" in order to secure more passengers using the express liners on their Italy/Australia route, the ships started in 1963 using the Suez Canal both ways, during these called "AROUND THE WORLD" trips, the sisters were sailing from Europe to Australia via Cape Town and come back home through the Pacific Ocean, Panama canal and Caribbean. The ships departed from Genova, Napoli and Messina calling at Malta/Tenerife/Capetown/Fremantle/Adelaide/Melbourne/Hobart/Sydney/Auckland/Noumea/Suva/Tahiti/Acapulco/Balboa/Cristobal/Curacao/Lisboa/Malaga/Malta/Piraeus/Messina/Napoli and finally Genova. "GUGLIELMO MARCONI" will sail over 31.000 nautical miles and will be back in Italy on the 7th of November. Join the adventure and embark with us.
What an utterly fantastic idea! I can't wait for it to begin.
ReplyDeletethanks Kalle, was going to post an invitation on your FB wall today, so no need now. Hope it will work right, a lot of work, I will try to to keep average speeds as well, trust the error margins will be minimal, big challenge though
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ReplyDeleteI travelled on the Marconi from Geneoa to Freemantle in 1973/74,a few days after cyclone Tracey hit, damn rough seas.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment Stef
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