The Venetians authorised the captain-general of the Sea, Carlo Zeno, to mobilise the fleet and take measures to combat Genoese piracy.
After carrying out his mission there, the French commander, a "fervent crusader", launched attacks on Muslim cities on the Levantine coast.
In September, Boucicaut, at the head of eleven galleys and two transport cogs, set sail for the return journey.
The battle was decided by the Venetian round ship Pisana, which captured three Genoese galleys, leading Boucicaut to break off and retreat.
[1] The internal instability of Genoa meant that this was the last major challenge offered by the Genoese to Venetian maritime hegemony and its dominance of the eastern trade routes.