Ambrogio Beccaria tells why he is a legendary “normal” navigator

Today in Milan, thanks to Ambrogio Beccaria, 31, with the help of sports journalist Guido Meda, the myth of the romantic figure of the lone oceanic navigator of the past has been filed away and a new myth has been created , that of the “normal” oceanic navigator.

During the presentation of the documentary “Lonely but not too lonely” video which you can see at the bottom of the article, at the Auditorium Pirelli in Milan, attended by Italian ocean sailing legends such as Paolo Martinoni (here his story) and Ciccio Manzoli (here his story), Ambrogio Beccaria told his side of the “normal myth” of sailing in the third millennium.

The occasion was precisely the celebration of his extraordinary achievement, just achieved, of coming second, the first time by an Italian, at the Route du Rhum, beating dozens of French masters with his Class 40 Allagrande Pirelli.

Ambrogio Beccaria – Great navigator and ordinary man

Why is Ambrogio Beccaria the successful prototype of the lone navigator of the third millennium?

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Because Ambrogio simplifies everything and makes what is exceptional seem normal. First he says it is his job, he does not tell about wanting to escape the city and the oppressive society. In fact.

His home remains Milan, which he likes, and he returns there as soon as he can. His passion is risotto, which he makes as soon as he can even on long ocean races.

Speaking of food, he worships the pressure stove as an essential tool for shipboard cooking.

He confesses that he is afraid to climb the masthead, as most humans are.

He tells that he does not use motivation gurus, mental coaches. Of motivation he already has, even too much.

He also makes it normal that during ocean races that last for weeks, without the need for complicated courses on sleep cycles, he rests with his own system: sleep for twenty minutes, then 5/10 minutes awake to check and adjust the boat, then another twenty minutes of sleep and so on.

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This is one of the “Beccaria methods” of going faster than others.

He revealed that this gives him another advantage, so he dreams a lot and remembers the dream. Like all of us, who want to remember what the unconscious tells us.

Beccaria also demythologized the reputation of the introverted, sulky, intractable loner of the oceans.

He likes to be in company; in fact, he needs it. So much so that the group that helped him in the Allagrande Pirelli Class 40 operation are among his best friends.

Besides, he has a normal family. The mom and dad present in the room are the prototype of loving, simple, humane parents who lead a quiet life and love their child.

A post to keep him from quitting

But the most touching moment of the event was when Ambrogio Beccaria’s father approached Guido Meda, thanking him for a post the journalist had written at the most difficult moment of the 3,540-mile-long solo race in the Atlantic Ocean, when it was understood that Ambrose was almost about to give up overcome by psychological fatigue from a race all on the attack but full of constant ups and downs.

Here is the touching and incentive post by Guido Meda:

My friend is alone in the middle of the Ocean. He is tired today. Today he needs us. He is from Milan and is named Ambrose, after the patron saint of Milan. Ambrogio Beccaria – Navigator. Beccaria by last name , like my high school. He could be my son because of his age, but instead he is a true friend, a structured, very talented and resourceful navigator. He is currently between second and third in the #routedurhum , a race , crazy and mythical, for soloists across the Atlantic from Saint Malo to Guadeloupe. A phenomenon to be there at the front. Crazy Italian, but humble among dozens of French specialists. In a scant two weeks Bogi-that’s what he is to his friends-has gone through immense storms and labors. All the registered navigators did; some wrecked, some dropped out. Ambrose soon lost the wind sensors that are so crucial to maneuvering the boat and relying on automatic steering in this final trade wind towards the Caribbean. Instead, nothing,

He is forced by the damage to do everything himself. He sleeps in twenty-minute bursts, lulled by the crashes of the boat flying over ocean waves. The boat is called Allagrande , as he says when you ask him how he is. Designed, built, and sailed by three friends from the university, #allagagrandepirelli is an ultra-light, ultra-modern, hollow shell, so it doesn’t weigh you down. With a Fantozzian pouffe for sleeping and counted boxes of freeze-dried food for nourishment. The rest is expertise, a nose for the wind, knowledge of the weather, strategy, and sailing tactics. All in the hands of my friend Ambrose, who today, in this video sent from the Ocean, makes me tender and needs our cheer!

Big hug Bogi.

Guido

Like a normal man, the support and closeness of those who love him at a difficult time expressed by this post also helped Ambrose Beccaria overcome psychological difficulties and start over. To accomplish the feat of finishing second with his Class 40 Allagrande Pirelli in the ocean’s most crowded and prestigious regatta. One step away from victory.

Watch the video “Lonely But Not Too Lonely”