Save Bob Beebe's original Passagemaker

We believe that this is the boat used by the expedition when they went to the Bermuda Triangle.

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The mission of the above website is to purchase and preserve Bob Beebe's original Passagemaker and to promote voyaging under power.

Marante, Munari, Compagni, Bernardi and Brgidi

MARANTE, MUNARI, COMPAGNIN, BERNARDI, and BRIGIDI: Colleagues and friends of Menconi, whom the author doesn’t speak about in the book, but who are there and would also be able to write some interesting tales. Especially Marante, who was involved in de-mining the Suez Canal; he managed to make himself understood by the Egyptians by speaking in Genoese dialect! When Menconi was writing this book they called him "Giacomo Leopardi, Curzio Malaparte, Honoré de Balzac, Victor Hugo"... partly to show that they all are well educated and partly because they were envious; but actually, while Menconi was having a good time in the Triangle with the Prof, they were de-mining and working hard on behalf of BOCAMI around the world. They thought that, by calling Menconi with those famous names, he, being a Tuscan, would get angry.

Mario Chigiotti

MARIO CHIGIOTTI – A geometer. He is the “fat boss”. He was in Marconi’s Engineers Corps during the Second World War, at first with the 7th Engineers, and then with the 2nd Regiment of Engineers. He was awarded lots of medals for work "in the field" and always managed to get safely out of danger, thanks usually to his unbelievable luck. He mined eighteen bridges and then, after September 8th, he had to de-mine them. Later he had been the leader of a special team that had to de-mine a route north. He doesn't sleep a quietly unless he has at least one mine under his bed. He was in Bologna with his men in April '45; when war was over, he tried to become a geometer, but the "call of the wild" was too strong, and he worked in mine disposal again. He was hired by BOCAMI, and now he is the manager, many of “his men” followed him to the company.

Dimitri Robikoff

DIMITRI ROBIKOFF - Russian, he arrives with his yacht. He invented a “pig” that is worse than those you can see at the fair of the sea in Genoa. His wife speaks Italian but she is always angry.
Also the son of the Robikoffs climbs on the pig. But it is a funny scene to look at: Italians might teach him how to use it.

Captain Kuk

KUK - They hired him and his boat. He is the Captain, but the author wonders if he should have chosen another job because with his patience he could have been a monk. Maybe he didn’t follow this vocation because he has a beautiful, dark haired Cuban wife. Besides monks don't have cars as huge as trains. He lives in Miami, but he drives from Miami to Bimini and from Bimini to Miami; if you want to hire him go to the harbour.

Malinverni

MALINVERNI – He too is part of the group. He manages to cook whatever he finds on the boat. He has plenty of imagination, but at times he loses some provisions (especially when those who go away leave behind just tooth pikes and paper napkins).

Uri Gheller

URI GELLER - They say he was a diver in the Israeli army. But he walks on the boat in a pair of flippers! He is able to bend teaspoons with parapsychology and asks the author for information which he doesn't want to give, even if under his parapsychological powers. The Prof tells him nothing either.

Gianni Mangiali

GIANNI MANGIALI - He is the underwater photographer of the expedition.

Prof. Mossatich

MOSSATICH - Professor of physics and the official photographer for the expedition. He does a lot of things but never takes a photo. He can swim very well and the author never feared for his life during an adventurous crossing.

Doctor Camilli

CAMILLI – As a Doctor he should take care of others, but he too suffers from seasickness. When we were still in Milan, a Fortune Teller told him that he would have an accident. He was really afraid of the Triangle, but behaved very bravely.