The Sarnian

Really sorry for the delayed response. Thanks so much for looking back over your old journals etc...….I'd be really interested on any memories of Big Red Boat III as well please. If it helps, rather than posting information on CC  my email address is ian@sarniawatercolours.co.uk. Anyway, many thanks...…….I really appreciate your help.  

I do apologise Shipgeeks, I tried to send a direct message but unfortunately the system wouldn't allow me! I would love to here of your experiences on Meridian please.  Any anecdotes would be great thanks, they certainly don't have to be spectacular. Incidentally on the assumption (possibly wrong) that you are one and the same thanks for the YouTube ship videos......fantastic.

What a shame to miss out sailing on the erstwhile Eugenio C, even if boarding 'Big Red Boat III' hardly has the same allure! I so wish I had taken a trip on her, especially one of the Genoa to Rio repositioning voyages, or even as Edinburgh Castle. But regrets are pointless...….

Nicolo Costanzi was an amazing designer but even more, an incredible man and a very fine artist. Oceanic and Eugenio C were similar but certainly not sisters. In fact Eugenio C's hull and machinery was closely modelled on the Lloyd Triestino twins (including sheer, which wasn't present on Oceanic) to speed up the build process.

Thanks again for your responses. 

Thanks for taking the time to respond guys, I realise it was a bit of a longshot. ICI seems to have been ill-fated from the start and from what I know the US authorities seemed almost pre-disposed to overseeing the Marconi's failure. She did fail various health inspections, but they were so keen to broadcast the fact in the media that even when the problems were resolved her reputation had been left in tatters. A shame because with the forward kingposts removed she looked better than ever. As you say Marco...…..too bad! 

Hello All, I realise it's been more than a decade since the original post but wonder if any of the original contributors are out there, especially Indiana67 aka Silvia Novak?? I am a maritime historian currently working on a book about the designer Nicolò Costanzi and his four most famous ships from the 1960's: Galileo Galilei, Guglielmo Marconi, Oceanic and Eugenio C. I would really like to include some of these wonderful stories of life (and birth!) on board these ships within the book. Any help would be very gratefully received. Many thanks Ian