Lucia at the Starting Line

photos by Tamás Fehér

The Vogalonga attracts human-powered boats of all shapes and sizes. Among the fleet of varying vessels, there always seems to be at least one "Lucia".

These boats come from the lake region in northern Italy, and are similar in some ways to some of the boats native to the Venetian lagoon.

Tamás caught a couple good photos of one of these boats before the start of the 2012 Vogalonga. 
It looks like this may have doubled as a family outing.

To read more about the "Lucia" style boat, check out my post:
 "Three Hoops from Lake Como"