ANCONA – Conero Sea Kayak, here is the eighth national meeting. Enthusiasts and professionals met for a weekend to discover the city via the sea. No dinghy or sailing boats: you choose the kayak for a breathtaking crossing.
Organizing the initiative, now in its eighth year, was Umberto Capriotti, originally from Grottomare, near San Benedetto del Tronto. That’s where Capriotti – which is part of Below the coastan Italian federation that has always promoted sea kayaking in Italy and around the world – teaches this discipline.
«It is a sport that – says Capriotti – is highly ecological and suitable for everyone, little water moves and it is silent. Let’s get to the plus points imperviouswhere with the dinghy, for example, could not be reached. We are agile and fast.”
Around forty participants paddled from Portonovo to Passetto (yesterday, May 25) and since Portonovo to Numana (today, May 26). The departure is always from the La Torre campsite in Portonovo and then arrives, precisely, in the heart of the Conero Riviera. Then, lunch and back.
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Yesterday, as we were saying, an obligatory stop at the colorful Passetto caves: «We left at 10 am and arrived around 1 pm. ten years that we carry out this initiative in Ancona. Only Covid stopped us – explains the organizer – Il kayak sea boat is a boat, a type of canoe, designed and built specifically for the sea.”
«These are closed canoes – he specifies – which were born in Northern Europe, towards Greenland. They were used by the Inuit to move around. Sea kayaks are long and narrow. THE participants they come from every region of Italy: Campania, Puglia, Sicily and Emilia Romagna, just to name a few.
During the two days of kayaking, the 40 amateurs also went to visit the Little church Of Portonovo: «I invented a format that didn’t exist in these parts. Together with the playful part, the fun and the excursion, we also combine a bit of culture.” Yesterday, dinner at Emilia’s, right in the Baybut nothing moscioli, because at the moment there is a fishing ban. Even if someone on the beaches of Ancona seems to ignore it (click here).
