GAP YEAR SAILING LOW COST: How a normal guy like me made it with less than 30k (US$) [boat purchase included!] - Dario Gualtieri

GAP YEAR SAILING LOW COST is the exciting autobiographical story of a long sailing trip planned for many years by Dario, a self defined "normal" guy who grew up in Northern Italy, far away from the sea and without any sailing background.
This book develops between 2018 and 2019 but also goes back (in this First Part of the book) to the first sailing experiences of this Italian / Australian dreamer, adventurer, chef and sailor.

Dario Gualtieri' s experience will make many readers realize that sailing is not a hobby for the richest only, unlike many people think.
The plan of leaving everything behind for one year and sail away has been accompanying Dario since he first read about Bernard Moitessieur in his twenties.
Being 35 already he then bought an old steel boat in Melbourne for $25.000 AUD and invested 10k on her and sailed off for a "Gap Year" from his busy life as a chef, tour guide and skipper.

He named the boat Franca after his mum and explored with her the Australian East Coast and houndreds of Pacific Islands for approximately 18 months.
This book seems to tell the reader "Dream big, Life is Short" and will take you among the warmth of the tropics, to get emotional for a school of dolphins or frustrated for the next technical problem on board.