Journal of the twentyfourth day on board

26th May, 1999

The fishing of swordfish should be forbidden, but you can't deny it has a great fascination. The lookout men find the fish and those on the deck harpoon it. A bloody battle delivering varied results: rarely 4 fish, often none.
Such boats that operate around Scilla you can count on the fingers of one hand, but the part of the sea where they "hunt" is small and overworked.
Paolo Barone is our point of reference. He is the owner of the Scilla diving centre and to a certain extent the discoverer of the 'underwater' Straits of Messina. It is he who helped us choose the right bank, before sharing with us a beautiful plate of 'spaghetti all'aglio e olio'.