Amerigo Vespucci, catamaran impacts and damages the training ship

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Perhaps one incorrect maneuver at the origin of curious accident which yesterday, Thursday 6 October 2022, shortly after 20.00, involved the Amerigo Vespucci training ship, moored in port of Venice, it's a tourist catamaran.

According to the first reconstructions made by the investigators on the basis of the testimonies collected by the people present at the moment of impact, the catamaran "Venice Cat" hit the bowsprit, the 18-meter horizontal mast of the Amerigo Vespucci.

Are there any injuries? What damage has Amerigo Vespucci suffered?

At the time of the accident, they were still there several people on the ground waiting to get on the Amerigo Vespucci, which these days is located in Riva San Biasio, in the San Marco basin, for the Marine Symposium.

La historic boat, owned by the Marina Militare, Has reported imperceptible damage, while to have the worst was the tourist catamaran, which had to deal with the total breaking of the sails.

Fortunately There were no injuries, but just so much anger for the commander of the catamaran, which due to a incorrect calculation, seriously damaged one of the masts of his boat.

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Written by Frances Orelli
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