Roma Ocean World - Science and Sailing
Friday, June 5th, 2015 – Rome, Italy
Sapienza – Università Di Roma - Faculty Of Engineering
Aula del Chiostro - Via Eudossiana 18 – 00184 Roma
Roma Ocean World is the name of the sailing challenge undertaken by Matteo Miceli with his sailing boat named ECO40. On October 19th, 2014 Matteo left from Riva di Traiano to sail alone around the world in energy and food self-sufficiency. The route included the rounding of the most famous capes of the world: Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn. When Matteo was on the way back to Italy, after rounding the three capes and sailing for 25.000 nautical miles, he capsized with ECO40 at the equator . He was about 600 miles offshore the Brazilian coasts. Matteo was saved by a cargo. When he came back to Italy, he organized an expedition with four friends to try to recover ECO40. Unfortunately, the expedition was not successful. The aim of the seminar is to report the project Roma Ocean World and to show how research can support sport challenges in the field of ocean sailing. Matteo Miceli will introduce the seminar telling his technical and human experience. The seminar will include a series of presentations by researchers and technicians who were involved in the project.
