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

[Chris Geankoplis]

Thanks it really is!


On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 6:21 AM Goodness <spreadgoodnews at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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