He has just returned from a cruise from Fraser Island off Brisbane . With the catamaran he brought lucky tourists to those pristine waters. Franco Fresu, 60, from Porto Torres, has been sailing the seas around the world for over 40 years.

His passion began as a kid . His first experiences in the launches and in the nautical yacht, in the legendary days of the principal Lippi. Then Franco, after graduating from the train drivers section, never stopped. And he has one of the most beautiful professions in the world: the skipper. But also among the most difficult. Where passion and love for one's work must merge with profound technical experience and obviously knowledge of the sea and the winds. And Franco Fresu has sailed many seas, in all the oceans. Also with Argentinian and Chinese owners.

«And always - he specifies - with great respect for nature». Which also reserves unforeseen and remarkable adventures . "Like the great failure in Polynesia - he adds - in enchanting but remote places". But there is a place in the world that surpasses all others for the skipper from Turri. «They are the Galapagos Islands - says Fresu - a unique archipelago in the world. It is the most fascinating place I have ever visited and known».

Islands that many decades ago had struck Charles Robert Darwin, the British biologist and anthropologist who, thanks to his stop in the Galapagos, in the mid-1800s, formulated the theory on the evolution of the species.

«Even in Sardinia we have stupendous archipelagos - comments the skipper from Turri -. That of La Maddalena always leaves you breathless. Even if around the world there are of course even more pristine places, where time has stood still for centuries and everything is exactly as before». Franco Fresu is currently in Turin with his daughter. Some rest. «But we'll be back to sea soon - he concludes - Back to Brisbane. Ready for more adventures."