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# Yahtzee!
- URL: https://there-are-no-secrets.ghost.io/yahtzee/
- Published: 2026-10-22T06:48:20.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T06:48:20.000Z
- Author: David Bass

The train ride from Cinque Terre to Rome required a stopover in La Spezia, a port city of just under 100,000 about 10 miles east of Manarola. We decided to get there early, store our luggage for a few hours and explore La Spezia before the three-and-a-half hour trip to Rome.

Turns out, La Spezia is the **World Capital of Yachting**. We know this because the city's "Blue Mile" nautical district is an easy walk from the train station, and [there is a sign proclaiming it to be so](https://www.messaggeromarittimo.it/la-spezia-scontro-sugli-spazi-portuali-nautica-logistica-e-difesa-a-confronto/?ref=there-are-no-secrets.ghost.io). The Blue Mile includes shipyards of many of the world's leading yacht brands, such as Sanlorenzo, Ferretti, Baglietto, Fincantieri, Perini Navi, and Navale Michelini, just to toss out a few corporate names to make it seem like I know anything at all about yachts... which, in reality, I don't. 

To accompany the yacht building, La Spezia also is a center of yacht maintenance, retrofitting, off-season storage and similar services. 

There's a huge public-facing marina, then a bridge to a more exclusive backside of the marina where the big boats anchor. No security officials intercepted us as we wandered back there to have some tea, ogle a bit and remind ourselves that even if we could afford a superyacht, we still wouldn't get one. After all, [I've had harsh words](https://there-are-no-secrets.ghost.io/lessons-from-sforza-castle/) lately for the world's billionaires and trillionaire, and you should know what happened to Tanya McQuoid (played by Jennifer Coolidge) at [the end of Season 2 of *White Lotus*](https://screenrant.com/white-lotus-season-2-ending-explained/?ref=there-are-no-secrets.ghost.io). 

By the numbers:

26% of the world's total yacht and superyacht production happens in La Spezia

14,000 marine industry specialists employed in La Spezia

15,507 steps, pretty impressive for a travel day

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