Kirjassaan Schildt kertoo, miten keväällä 1950 näki Lambrettan Lavagnassa, ja vei sen ja omistajan satamaan ja mittaaman miten skootteri mahtuisi purjeveneen sisälle.
"Then came the spring of 1950. Soon after our arrival in Lavagna we were sitting at a street café in the town's little market place when a young man and his girl friend parked a Lambretta right beside us to drink an espresso as we were doing. It was then that it suddenly struck me: "Good Lord, how small it is! Just think, it might even ..."
I tried to project the hatch down to Daphne's cabin optically onto the beige-colored wonder that stood there, its nickel sparkling. But the price? We started talking to the young couple and got all the information we wanted plus a stream of praise for the vehicle. The price was only 125,000 lire, but Lambrettas are in such demand that you have to put your name down on a waiting list three or four months in advance. The young couple was very interested and came with us to the yard, where we took careful measurements.
It turned out that a kindly Providence had checked the Lambretta designer's pencil a quarter of an inch below the maximum dimensions of the sliding top of Daphne's hatchway, and that the bunks in the saloon were one inch longer than the motorcycle."Ja Milanosta sitten haki sen Lavagnan satamaan.
"There we stood, the Lambretta, Roberto and I, outside the front of the half-mile-long factory in one of Milan's suburbs. "
Ja hyvin sopi veneen sisälle
"The very next day we tried out the best way of getting the Lambretta on board. We found that by fixing tackle onto the boom, this can be swung out like the arm of a winch. The Lambretta can then be lowered into the saloon and made fast to the starboard bunk so that she cannot move about in a heavy sea. We manage the whole operation between the two of us and we do not think the Lambretta spoils the interior at all."
