Tonight all at the Galata Museo del Mare in Genoa: the prince of Sealand, the world’s smallest state, speaks!
THE PERFECT GIFT!
Give or treat yourself to a subscription to the print + digital Journal of Sailing and for only 69 euros a year you get the magazine at home plus read it on your PC, smartphone and tablet. With a sea of advantages.
Neverland. An unrecognized state. Still, Sealand beats currency, prints stamps, issues passports, grants titles of nobility (that of baron to singer Ed Sheeran) and has endured for 52 years now (and until a few years ago also had a National Football Team), about 7 miles off Sussex, England. HavenCo, The Pirate Bay, Wikileaks wanted to base their servers there, but it didn’t work out.
Tonight at 6 p.m. at the Galata Museo del Mare in Genoa, Prince Regent Michael Bates (pictured above), host of Meetings in Blue, will tell you why. An appointment not to be missed!
Says the curator of the series of meetings Fabio Pozzo in La Stampa, “A utopia, an island that is not there. It was founded by a former British Army major and entrepreneur, Paddy Roy Bates, on September 2, 1967. Bates hoisted the black-and-white flag on a former military platform he had occupied and defended with arms some time earlier, located 7 miles off the southeast coast of England (then in international waters), in front of the port of Felixstowe.
He proclaimed himself prince and made his wife, former model Joan Collins, his princess. Since then, Sealand’s history has lived through storms and waves, assaults by coup makers and failed deals with hacks, dreams and devastating fires, always holding fast to the motto “E mare, libertas” (From the sea, freedom).”
DISCOVER MORE.
Share:
Check out the latest issue
Are you already a subscriber?
Ultimi annunci
Our social
Sign up for our Newsletter
We give you a gift
Sailing, its stories, all boats, accessories. Sign up now for our free newsletter and receive the best news selected by the Sailing Newspaper editorial staff each week. Plus we give you one month of GdV digitally on PC, Tablet, Smartphone. Enter your email below, agree to the Privacy Policy and click the “sign me up” button. You will receive a code to activate your month of GdV for free!
You may also be interested in.
What are creative sailing courses, Lele Panzeri’s latest invention (and how to participate)
Happening to be in the vicinity of Carloforte, southwest Sardinia, the GdV editorial staff points out a guy to go interview. “His name is Lele Panzeri, he is half-crazy but very nice, we have published several times in the past
Dreaming of deep-sea sailing for your next vacation? Here’s where you need to look
The desire for adventure and authenticity is driving more and more travelers to choose sailing boats to spend their vacations. But in the world of boating vacations there are not only weeks aboard the latest generation of comfort-filled catamarans. More
In Slovenia, everything is “around” the sea
The welcoming and captivating country overlooking the Upper Adriatic Sea is not only a true nautical destination but also an open “door” to a hinterland rich in historical beauty and knockout flavors An ancient and proud country but one with
VIDEO “I tackled 4,736 miles alone in the Ocean (even by candlelight) to qualify for the round-the-world race”
SoloSailor Andrea Lodolo has just completed qualifying 4736 miles solo in the Atlantic qualifying for the Golden Globe Race 2026, the nonstop solo round-the-world race aboard vintage hulls with no electronics on board. He will represent Italy in the world’s
