Vespucci in Tokyo beyond expectations says Captain Lai

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 30 - Emotion and great satisfaction have been expressed at the end of the second stopover of the World Tour of the Amerigo Vespucci training and sailing ship in Tokyo.
    The historic vessel of the Italian Navy, caretaker of the most ancient naval and maritime traditions, along with its traditional crew, is also hosting on board 115 first-year students of the Naval Academy of Livorno, Tuscany.
    "An historic stopover that of the Amerigo Vespucci here in Tokyo, the first time in the history of the ship which is 93-years-old", the Captain of the Amerigo Vespucci Giuseppe Lai told ANSA shortly before its departure.
    "The extremely high expectations of crew members were not betrayed, on the contrary they went beyond what we hoped for with a great success of public, welcome and sincere affection", said Captain Lai. (ANSA).