https://theamericangondolierbook.com 2026-04-16 daily 1.0 https://theamericangondolierbook.com/assets/images/image04.jpg https://theamericangondolierbook.com/assets/images/image03.jpg https://theamericangondolierbook.com/assets/images/gallery02/e3dc8b00.jpg The article that launched us https://theamericangondolierbook.com/assets/images/gallery03/b67ef326.png David F. Black Co-Founder of Gondola Getaway Based in Long Beach, California est. 1982 https://theamericangondolierbook.com/assets/images/gallery01/87deb0a2.jpg I was an accidental gondolier in Venice https://theamericangondolierbook.com/assets/images/gallery04/b0f4702e.jpg Building the first gondolas in Seal Beach, 1984 https://theamericangondolierbook.com/assets/images/gallery04/490c81e1.jpg Aftermath of the Vogalonga https://theamericangondolierbook.com/assets/images/gallery04/e512cca8.jpg Message in a bottle proposal, Naples https://theamericangondolierbook.com/assets/images/gallery04/fae95da0.jpg Accidental gondolier https://theamericangondolierbook.com/assets/images/gallery04/ee8ac6fe.jpg Launching the lifeguard dory/gondola https://theamericangondolierbook.com/assets/images/gallery04/76e6a295.jpg Received final permit. Ready to open Ragazzi https://theamericangondolierbook.com/assets/images/gallery04/cc598efe.jpg Some of the Gondola Getaway & Ragazzi crew https://theamericangondolierbook.com/assets/images/gallery04/82cb1665.jpg First boats: Pakistan fishing boat & lifeguard dory https://theamericangondolierbook.com/assets/images/gallery04/3f0d667b.jpg Tuscany: toasting to the Vogalonga