Deathwatch Novel Chapter 1

The feud of the lifeguards turn on the Palio dei Bagni

Forte dei Marmi - now on both sides of the pier had become as between Guelphs and Ghibellines. The feud between the lifeguards in the last two months has threatened to derail the race of the patina in Forte dei Marmi should be run Aug. 26. "I seem to see the rivalries and grievances of the past, every yard a bell, we are always the same." Polacci William, 75, sitting on the patina of rescue near the shoreline of the Marconi holds an oar and said to be one of those that the Palio dei Bagni have seen the birth. He ran the first in 1951 and managed to win in 1954. "The uproar this year 's broke the choice of the competition. The west branch of the crews on the east accused of having monopolized the path. But it seems they are to reach an agreement, "said Polish. This year, the Palio is run should start with the bathroom and Piero arrival at the pier, in honor of the winners of last year, the lifeguards at Ocean Paradise. But coming from the Regulation will provide the alternative.

After years of emptiness, the Palio was revived three years ago just after its inventor, George Giannelli, historian and former journalist who along with Strong Urban Polacci would have wanted to make a race of a regional quasi- as a challenge that runs between the former maritime republics. And who knows, maybe there would also be successful, but Silvio Bianchi the yard was too strong, the lifeguards get tired of seeing him win the Palio, and so, from the years' 60, has always been done in fits and starts. Anyway, he introduced the Patini rigged. Because in the beginning were made of pine, large and heavy. The Whites if they did do a dall'Aliboni, a craftsman in the area. "

"I'll built lighter, leaner and even with the oars that flexes to get more boost from the 'water. Then the others did the same, but he continued to dominate. He was a force of nature, "says Polacci but was able to flout the last step in a marble pillar of the pier still plagued by bombings: "He and Niccolino Paradise Ocean engaged in a desperate fight. A sound of Prick dragged out by two buoys that marked the arrival. They had to turn around and while I was already past. "

From this year 's of people who surf with fake wood there will not be anymore. The new regulation prepared by the union of the bathrooms down the fort weight (not less than 90 pounds), maximum length and width of Patini. "Fair enough. In my day you could see even the ones we had to install the sliding seat. Maybe for me, the race would do with the patina of rescue: the myth of the lifeguards born above.

Posted by Mario on Blacks Florence Republic (09/08/2009)