Hi there,

This is all about love and passion. Love for my family and passion for the sea.

My name is Fulvio, I grown up in a small village in Italy far away from the sea but me and my family we used to go often in Puglia for holidays.

If you've been there you know why I felt in love with the sea, is just amazing.

I've grown up dreaming about being the skipper of a beautiful sailing boat and I started to spend my family holidays as deckhand for free, spending my days on this boat owned by an amazing British family who let me go with them and growing my dream.

Three years ago I found this 15 weeks course to become a RYA Yachtmaster and I started to work hard to raise all the money needed to pay it and finally start to sail around the world, far away from my little village.

I was almost there, but then my whole village has been demolished from Amatrice's earthquake.

All my savings are gone to find a new home for my family which is fine now (but my parents lost the work of a lifetime)

Now I want to start this thing even more than before, cause is not only a dream now, but a way to help my family to have back their home, the house of their dream, in the place where they built their nest, where they grown me and my sister.

I never had taken shortcuts in my life, I worked hard for three years to earn a small amount of money, without asking, waiting, fighting.

But now there's no job, no opportunities. Only a little hope.

I hope this time someone help me, as I helped people in need in this tragedy.

Thanks to everyone.