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SVN Solovelanet Global
T
he pandemic has hit hard, causing a several
week lockdown all over the world and proba-
bly unleashing one of the worst economic reces-
sions since 1929.
Tourism will be one of the hardest hit industri-
es. Travelling appears dangerous, the tube of an
airplane is certainly not great for avoiding a virus
and the lobby of a hotel or restaurant does not
seem to be the ideal place to keep social distan-
cing, but among all the activities that can be done
for tourism, there is certainly one that guarantees
the highest safety standards, and that is sailing.
By renting a sailboat, as long as she has been
sanitized by the managing charter company, a
family can have as perfectly safe a vacation as if
they stood at home, and this is likely to mitigate
damage for the charter industry.
However, the problem of sanitizing boats, that is,
performing a treatment to eliminate all types of
viruses, does not seem to be very common. In a
short and limited investigation, we at SVN Solo
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velanet found some charter companies that sani-
tize their boats in Italy, where there is the largest
number, in Spain where the problem seems felt,
and a small company in France. No company in
Greece or in the US responded by specifying the
protocol used for sanitizing their boats. Hence
the advice to always check if boats are saniti-
zed before renting or boarding them. The best
idea is to demand the contract to mention that
the boat shall undergo a sanitization treatment
before delivery. The virus persists on surfaces for
many hours, and boats change crews within 4-5
hours, too short a time to have the virus
vanish from the furniture and beds. For
this reason, boats must be sanitized
with efficient and total systems. On
the other hand, linen is not a cause
of problems. Sheets and towels
are washed several days before
being brought on board, so any
possible trace of the virus has
decayed with time and expo
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sure to air.
In barca senza
Coronavirus
