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La Vita Pirata

6 Years of Living Onboard & Sailing the world
on a Handmade Sailboat that we got For Free!

We are Tommaso & Laura and since 2018 we’ve been living onboard Grazieba, a beautifully handmade sailboat that Tommaso got for free from a complete stranger.

Yes, you read that right. FOR FREE! But with a huge to-do list that would take us 5 years to complete. From 2018 until 2023, we tirelessly repaired and upgraded Grazieba so we could live comfortably onboard while sailing the Mediterranean Sea.

In 2024, we finally embarked on our biggest pirate adventure yet: we crossed the Atlantic Ocean! For months we sailed the paradise-like Caribbean Islands until we arrived in Panama, where we will create our next big utopic project: An Off-Grid Pirate Paradise.
More info coming soon…

Viva La Vita Pirata!

Our Sailboat Grazieba

Model

Ketch Endurance 44
(similar to Hédoniste)

Year

Handmade in 1991
by Enzo Tenerelli

Material

Ferrocement hull, teak
deck, wood interior

Grazieba’s Story

Entrance stairs to our salon

Meet Grazieba: more than just a sailboat, she’s a masterpiece crafted by the skilled hands of one single man from Italy, Enzo Tenerelli, now retired general of the Italian Airforce. Enzo spent 14 years meticulously building her from scratch: the hull, decks, masts, rig, interior, all steelwork, everything!

But like all sailboats, Grazieba needed constant maintenance to stay beautiful and well-functioning. So when the day came that Enzo retired, he knew it was time for a new chapter, a new destiny for Grazieba.

However, he would never sell Grazieba. Her emotional value could not be expressed in a number. Instead, he wanted to give her away for free.

To a person worthy and capable of restoring her to her original glory. A person who could continue his big dream of sailing the world.

That person turned out to be Tommaso, a complete stranger at the time, but destined to be Grazieba’s next captain. So in 2017, the incredible happened…

Tommaso got this sailboat for free.

The 6-Year Refit

When Tommaso got Grazieba for free in 2017, she was obviously in desperate need of maintenance. The past 5 years, we have dedicated ourselves to completely restoring Grazieba to her original glory. We can say nothing onboard has remained untouched. Everything has been checked and either replaced, repaired, renewed, or upgraded.

Yet, the transformation continues! Join us as we keep evolving Grazieba for new adventures, exploring the world together.

This is the ongoing story of a sailboat that found a new purpose and a crew dedicated to preserving its legacy.

Follow us!

Are you a PIRATE too?

Adventurous Explorer

Of Land & Sea

Treasure Seeker

Of the True Treasures of Life

Against the Current

For Real Change


This is our Unconventional Sailing Adventure
in search of alternative ways of living a happy, meaningful and fulfilling life
in a -honestly- fcked up world.
Sail the massive waves of change with us!


We are Tommaso & Laura and since 2018 we’ve been living onboard Grazieba, a beautifully handmade sailboat that Tommaso got for free from a complete stranger.

Yes, you read that right. FOR FREE! But with a huge to-do list that would take us 5 years to complete.

From 2018 until 2023, we poured our hearts into tirelessly repairing and upgrading Grazieba so we could live comfortably onboard while living our dream PIRATE life, set adrift on the waves, exploring the wonders of the world, and seeking alternative ways of living more in alignment with nature, self-sufficiently, and more happily.

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