Schooner-rigged Lady Christa
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Further information concerning charter yacht sailing in Italy may be obtained by clicking on the blue
links immediately above. Thank You. You may be searching for a lady named Christa. Or for a
holiday in Italy. If so, you have come to the right place. This web page deals with a crewed charter
yacht sailing Italy, cruising the Tyrrhenian coast of Italy. The coasts of Sicily and Sardinia, as
well. This Lady Christa can take you on a honeymoon sail from the Pontines to Ischia and Capri. From
out-of-the-way islands to haunts of the rich and famous. By way of the Gulf of Gaeta where in 1535
one of the famous, Kheir-ed-Din Barbarossa, put in for rest and relaxation. Kheir-ed-Din was a ladies
man, among other distinctions. |
While in
Gaeta he is reported to have "loaded his ships with wives and maidens." It is also reported
that while his ships and their cargo rested at Gaeta he attempted to kidnap Giulia Gonzaga then resident
in the town of Fondi a few miles up the coast. Descended from one of Italy's more prestigious families,
celebrated by painters and poets, a lady of royal blood, Giulia Gonzaga was said to be the most beautiful
woman in Italy. Barbarossa failed in his attempt only because this fair maiden escaped bare on a
barebacked stallion in the middle of the night. Did you know that in his sixties Kheir-ed-Din did kidnap
another Italian beauty? Eighteen year-old Flavia Gaetani was the daughter of the governor of Reggio
Calabria and an accomplished musician. One or the other, beauty or accomplishment, proved captivating.
They soon wed. And following the wedding they honeymooned along the southern coasts of Italy. Honeymoon,
anniversary, or otherwise, you might like to charter a sailing yacht to cruise Italy's scenic Amalfi coast.
From celebrated Positano to celebrated Sorrento. You might like to sail further south to Poseidonia and its
three Doric temples to Zeus's wife Hera and to Athena, and even further south to a natural whirlpool
the work of Scylla and Charybdis, those two monsters barely avoided by Odysseus returning from Troy.
And by Cleopatra who passed this way in 46 BC en route to Rome to appear before the Roman Senate. And
perhaps to appear before Octavian, son of Julius Caesar. And by Octavian who passed this same way in
31 BC with a large fleet of galleys seeking Cleopatra and her friend Antony. And finding them at
Actium. Yes, come aboard Lady Christa, a proper charter yacht offering a holiday merging past and
present. Come aboard a charter yacht with an experienced crew able to show you Cleopatra's route from
Messina to Ostia, able to show you Kheir-ed-Din Barbarossa's many tracks from Corsica and Elba to
Palermo. And able to discuss the few men in Cleopatra's life and the large number of women in
Barbarossa's. A proper crewed yacht available for charter in Italy. Contact Blue Cruise Yacht
Charters today at