[Rhodes22-list] Wet in the Med

Mon Jun 25 16:00:49 EDT 2018

Hey that is cool!  Always loved Lefkas, it was the first Greek island I
ever sailed to in my small boat back in the late '60's.

Chris G
ENOSIS

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 9:51 PM, Richard Beytagh <rbeytagh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Quite a coincidence....many years ago I was cruising the Ionian with my
> then young kids on a Gulfstar 40 and we were moored up in Lefkas. We had
> just spent the night in an idyllic anchorage recommended by Rod Heikell's
> Ionian Waters Pilot and we were waxing lyrical on what a useful reference
> it was when we discovered Rod parked next to us. This was before he was
> married and was still in a small yacht. We gave him breakfast, got him to
> sign our Pilot and were on our way.
>
>
>
> ~~~ _/) ~~~
>
> Richard Beytagh
> Phone: 828 337 0180
>
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 3:57 PM, Chris Geankoplis <
> chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
> > Hey Richard,
> >                   I assume you have read "Accidental Sailor" about how he
> > ended up in the Med?.  Actually funny you mentioned him.  I contacted him
> > about my intention to do what I am doing and we exchanged a lot of emails
> > and problem solved a lot of challenges.  He actually was instrumental in
> > connecting me with some key people that made this happen.  Yeh his guides
> > are excellent, I own almost all of them.
> >
> >  Hopefully it will not take me 21 years to get to Ithaca and my wife has
> no
> > suitors, only me!  Nothing exciting to report other than Alice arrived
> > yesterday and our first full day started slow as she was adjusting to
> the 6
> > hour time difference.  12:00 noon found us at one of the many cafes
> > overlooking the marina and about 8 miles of coast north. Alice drank her
> 2
> > cups of coffee and had her pastry, and I enjoyed a cold beer.  There were
> > probably more cafes and restaurants along this stretch of coast than in
> the
> > whole of the Bahamas.  We enjoy each venu, but it is kind of easy on the
> > constitution to sit back and enjoy epicurean aspect of Spain. Got a deal
> on
> > a 6 kg (13 lbs) Rocna and had to do a few  mods. to make it fit on the
> > bow.  Has anyone ever put a bow roller (offset) on their boat?  Around
> 1:00
> > pm had a nice lunch on the boat  with air cured thinly slice ham on fresh
> > baked bred and lots of fruit.  Then go invited out for another lunch at
> 3,
> > so of course we went and had a very nice light Thai 2nd lunch, sounds
> sort
> > like a Hobbit's diet.  Maybe tomorrow I'll work on the mast.  Hmm, who
> was
> > it that turned Odysseus' men into pigs?  Must have happened here in
> Spain.
> >
> > Chris & Alice (now)
> > Enosis I
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 3:17 AM, Richard Beytagh <rbeytagh at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I fear we may never hear from you again once you start your odyssey.
> > > Cruising the Med is so compelling you may end up like Rod Heikell who
> > > started sailing the Med in the 80's and is still at it, and who writes
> > the
> > > best pilot Guides to the Med. A worthwhile investment
> > >
> > >
> > > ~~~ _/) ~~~
> > >
> > > Richard Beytagh
> > > Phone: 828 337 0180
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 1:32 PM Chris Geankoplis <
> > > chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > The boat is in and now I can deal with water based issues instead of
> > land
> > > > based ones (grin). Below is a link to a Google doc that has some
> > > pictures.
> > > > Hopefully the link will not be scrubbed.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vx2P6iVxc_s21FGHDm_u7-
> > > tGcgYHoFCM/view?usp=sharing
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Chris Geankoplis
> > > > S/V Enosis
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