EXCLUSIVE – Watch with us Three Hundred Sixty, the documentary about the circumnavigation of Sicily on an uninhabitable cat

“After years and years of following the exploits of great sailors around the oceans like Vittorio Malingri and Matteo Miceli, I decided to test myself as well.” This is what Andrea Barbera, a 40-year-old skipper from Agrigento, Italy, had told us after his solo tour of Sicily (accomplished aboard a 5-meter uninhabitable catamaran).

He grinded the 500-mile route (clockwise, starting from the port of San Leone, Agrigento) in 18 days and 12 stages. “But there is no sporting feat here. I did it primarily for myself.”

True, all true. The Solo Around Sicily project was born without a sponsor and has remained so: “Cost of undertaking, less than 1,000 euros. The only supporter was my club, the Punta Piccola Nautical Club, which provided 300 euros to cover some expenses. I salvaged a 20-year-old Class A rescuing it from demolition, filled the hulls with 60 empty plastic bottles as a flotation reserve, and made the decks by recycling battens from an old 50-foot Kevlar mainsail.”

The feat-which was widely followed-also earned him a nomination for TAG Heuer 2020 Sailor of the Year and a “Most Voted” award, given to the sailor with the most votes from the public. Andrea took 11,054 votes!

WATCH WITH US EXCLUSIVELY THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY

We have also written too much. We are pleased to present, as an exclusive premiere for the Sailing Newspaper, Trecentosessanta, Andrea Vanadia’s documentary that chronicles, from beginning to end, the adventure of Andrea Barbera.

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