The Adventures of Giulio: Jack the Sailor in the Footsteps of Jack London

By Giulio Iacobini

This book is a recollection of moments in my life that has
been tormented by distances and moving to too many
places and uncertenity of tomorrow. Now thinking back I
think stability in life is what gives substance to good living and achievable goals and a positive mental balance.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris AU
• Release date: Jul 23, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483653235

Giulio Iacobini

Born on 18 October 1960 in a small village town called Sinaia in Romania during the communist domination after the Second World War division of Europe. Attended several schools as I moved around the country of Romania over the years with my parents. In 1975 enrolled in Nautical High School as a young cadet for studying seamanship and experience military life style. In 1979 passed exams at Maritime Academy studying to become officer navigator on merchant ships and graduating in 1983 as apprentice officer. !983 first employment on a ship that sailed to Australia after years of training for maritime industry. In 1984 start living in Australia where I moved to different places holding various low paid jobs. Currently living in Sydney where I battled driving taxi for about 18 years. I have a son in Perth from an Aussie girl and I wonder if I would have more descendents as I had fleeting relationships.

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The Adventures of Giulio

Jack the Sailor in the Footsteps of Jack London

Giulio Iacobini

Copyright © 2013 by Giulio Iacobini.

ISBN:          Softcover                                 978-1-4836-5322-8

                   Ebook                                      978-1-4836-5323-5

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Rev. date: 06/07/2013

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Contents

Voyage to Australia

Western Australia, New South Whales

Journey through Life

Creative Thinking

The Ape has Never Awaken

Early Childhood

The Navy Times

Snake

Epilogue

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor . . .

SAILOR’S

by: Giulio Iacobini

Sailors and ships in motion

Meet in the ocean

Under the Universe’s sky

In the ocean high,

caring the goods

for the shores woods.

Waves and the breeze

might freeze.

The beacon ashore

Is for more sailors, ships more…

Down in the kingdom

where everything is freedom

The sluts are forever tarts

’Cause the money bucks their hearts…

Is art for ever honey

for those sharks with no cunny.

And every boat

is another pot in port

when dropping the hook

while on the wharf more look.

RECOLLECTION OF MY LIFE’S EXPERIENCES

VOYAGE TO AUSTRALIA

1983

I left Romania on M/V SINAIA few hours before the New Year’s Eve in 1983. We waited one month for this voyage anchored in the roadstead of Constanta Port waiting to load animals on our live-stock carrier.

Once loaded we departed to Istanbul, Turkey; I was Third Officer Apprentice on watch. We sailed the Strait of Bosporus passed Istanbul which reminded me of previous voyages and we got in the Mediterranean Sea where we went by the Greek Islands towards the Suez Canal into the Red Sea which was my first time. The weather was warm, calm and foggy. I could barely see the pyramids. After sailing into the Red Sea we set course for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia where we were going to unload animals. We had lots of whisky on board but we could not smuggle any