Thirty-two people were killed when Francesco Schettino ran his cruise ship aground while showing off to a Moldovan dancer with whom he was having an affair Getty ImagesRidiculed for his cowardice and jailed for 16 years after smashing the Costa Concordia into rocks, the disgraced cruise ship captain Francesco Schettino has bounced back by inspiring the design of a new, “unsinkable” canoe. The Italian captain, who was at the helm of the Costa Concordia in 2012 when it crashed into the island of Giglio, has helped inspire the Surfcruise, a new type of canoe designed by his 21-year-old daughter. “Schettino is passionate about canoeing and expressed opinions and ideas to his daughter during the design,” said Maura Paruzzo, an industrialist who has partnered Captain Schettino’s daugther, Rossella Schettino, in the venture. Schettino, who fled the capsizing ship on a lifeboat, was jailed for 16 years Alberto Pizzoli/Getty Images“His passion, transmitted to his daughter, gave a result,” she added. The captain may also have taken the canoe out for…

Source: The Times August 28, 2017 11:03 UTC