Italian member Rocco Boccadamo's letters are becoming an annual event - here is his latest:
September 5th 2005
Dear friends of D.A.,
Also this year I want to present you - with some pictures of my pretty cruiser longboat “My three cats”, my sea and my……grandchild Paolo two months old - kindest regards from Italy, precisely from a small point of Otranto Canal where the Adriatic Sea joins the Ionian Sea.
As I informed in the past, here it is given to enjoy gorgeous sea, clear air and absolute tranquillity: dear friends, I suggest you to visit this land, the Salento, I am sure that you will appreciate.
My boat, at Castro and environs, is the most admired, many people photograph it and ask me questions about its origin; naturally, it is a real pleasure to answer them and to talk about “Drascombe Association”.
Amicably,
Rocco Boccadamo
Cruiser Longboat “MY THREE CATS”
Cruiser Longboat 'MY THREE CATS' |
Paolo, aged two months, in Rocco's arms |

Castro from Marina di Andrano