[Rhodes22-list] Sailing the Med part dux (as in Ducks)

[Chris Geankoplis]

Oooh!  I've got Hephaestus/Vulcan and Charybdis and Scylla to contend with
now.  WWOD, I always say (What would Odysseus do)

On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 2:19 AM Richard Beytagh <rbeytagh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Be careful....Etna is spouting now and I imagine the straits of Messina
> will be none too friendly.
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> ~~~ _/) ~~~
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> On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 5:46 PM Goodness <spreadgoodnews at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I love the magic carpet analogy.  Sooo true!
> > Thanks for the pictures.
> >
> > Bob (palatka)
> >
> > > On May 31, 2019, at 3:56 PM, Rod Ellner via Rhodes22-list <
> > rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > We are all sailing vicariously through you two……..how special that this
> > is a 50th anniversary of another great adventure!
> > >
> > > Rod/Mary
> > > Wisconsin
> > >> On May 31, 2019, at 2:27 PM, Chris Geankoplis <
> > chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Well I arrived a couple of days ago and found the boat fine if a bit
> > >> covered in volcanic dust.  But that is to be expected when the "boat
> > yard"
> > >> is part way up the side of a dormant volcano (I hope) on the island of
> > >> Ischia in the Bay of Naples.  There is about a week's worth of work to
> > do.
> > >> I was planning to have the hull painted but there isn't time so I'll
> > settle
> > >> for the "a pealing" look instead.  I am really looking forward to this
> > >> segment of the trip because it will mark the 50th anniversary of my
> > first
> > >> long trip in a small boat.  Back then it was an 18'wooden lightning
> and
> > >> involved sailing to Sicily then to the heel of Italy and over to
> Greece.
> > >> Well I was young and bit crazy to attempt something like that then;
> > being
> > >> much more mature and experienced, I'm doing it in a Rhodes, a whole 4'
> > >> longer!  Plus it doesn't leak and I don't have to sleep outside.  Oh
> and
> > >> the best thing is I get to do this trip with my wife.The trip from
> > >> Barcelona was fun but I think this will be even more so.  I'll keep
> you
> > all
> > >> posted and send along a few pics too.  I am glad I can share this trip
> > with
> > >> an appreciative audience and one so knowledgeable.  This boat really
> is
> > a
> > >> magic carpet.  Attached is a view from my BnB, one that shows (if you
> > >> enlarge it a bit)  The penultimate island I visited on the Rhodes last
> > >> year, Ventotene (25nm) and just behind it Ponza (almost 50nm).  A
> clear
> > day
> > >> today.
> > >>
> > >> Chris Geankoplis
> > >> S/V ENOSIS
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