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Patrizio enters the public harbour of Rapallo and meets the commander, Cristian Ferrari. The harbour is divided in two: on one side there is the public part and on the other the Carlo Riva harbour. It has about 500 boat places and is divided into 3 wharfs belonging to no profit associations: the Naval League, the Fishermen’s Club and the Sailing Club. Two other wharfs are used by private concessionaires that make boat places available to customers. The harbour has a strong “social harbour” vocation; it hosts events and sets aside a full 54 metres of its own quay as a rescue wharf, used by the fire service and the harbourmaster’s office in the case of accidents at sea.

The Tigullio Gulf is sheltered and calm, and for this reason very popular. So you have to be careful to avoid acting foolishly, and go slowly and give way! Further information can be obtained at the Rapallo Local Maritime Office, open every day including Saturday, and sometimes even on Sunday (the number is 1530, active 24/7).

Patrizio continues his exploration together with Paolo Muscas, President of the Rapallo Naval League, proud to declare that here the Naval League is the soul of social life! In collaboration with the Sailing Club and the Fishermen’s Club it runs a lot of sporting activities, organizes rowing and sailing schools, and promotes the idea that sailing is not (and mustn’t be!) reserved only for the privileged few. The “experts” of the Tigullio Gulf recommend to yachters in transit absolutely not to miss Portofino, Sanfruttuoso, Lavagna and the Bay of Poets. The Gulf is very safe, so much so it has been renamed the “Gulf of nesci”, i.e. of dummies!

The harbour provides the following services:

• Financial services - ATM
• Maritime bureaucratic services
• Laundromat
• Fishing articles
• Short-stay car park
• Long-stay car park
• Post
• Broker services
• Catering services
• Pharmacy
• Services for animals