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

[Chris Geankoplis]

Not sure what happened to the response. Nothing lost it was just a half
witticism.

On Sat, 1 Jun 2019 at 15:03, Richard Beytagh <rbeytagh at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would stick to the eastern shore of the straits rather than risk
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> the ravenous undersea monster Charybdis that could swallow Enosis whole.
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> Worst case with the six headed Scylla only one of your crew will be snapped
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> up! I sailed through the straits several years ago and you can't help but
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> imagine all those things happening to Odysseus. We didn't see any monsters,
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> but the whirl-pools are still there.
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> ~~~ _/) ~~~
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> On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 1:22 AM Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com
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> > Thanks it really is!
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> > On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 6:21 AM Goodness <spreadgoodnews at gmail.com>
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> > > I love the magic carpet analogy.  Sooo true!
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> > > Thanks for the pictures.
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> > > Bob (palatka)
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> > > > On May 31, 2019, at 3:56 PM, Rod Ellner via Rhodes22-list <
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> > > rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
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> > > > Chris
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> > > > We are all sailing vicariously through you two……..how special that
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> > > is a 50th anniversary of another great adventure!
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> > > > Rod/Mary
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> > > > Wisconsin
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> > > >> On May 31, 2019, at 2:27 PM, Chris Geankoplis <
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> > > chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > >> Well I arrived a couple of days ago and found the boat fine if a bit
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> > > >> covered in volcanic dust.  But that is to be expected when the "boat
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> > > yard"
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> > > >> is part way up the side of a dormant volcano (I hope) on the island
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> > > >> Ischia in the Bay of Naples.  There is about a week's worth of work
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> > > do.
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> > > >> I was planning to have the hull painted but there isn't time so I'll
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> > > settle
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> > > >> for the "a pealing" look instead.  I am really looking forward to
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> > > >> segment of the trip because it will mark the 50th anniversary of my
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> > > first
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> > > >> long trip in a small boat.  Back then it was an 18'wooden lightning
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> > > >> involved sailing to Sicily then to the heel of Italy and over to
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> > Greece.
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> > > >> Well I was young and bit crazy to attempt something like that then;
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> > > being
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> > > >> much more mature and experienced, I'm doing it in a Rhodes, a whole
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> > > >> longer!  Plus it doesn't leak and I don't have to sleep outside.  Oh
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> > > >> the best thing is I get to do this trip with my wife.The trip from
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> > > >> Barcelona was fun but I think this will be even more so.  I'll keep
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> > > all
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> > > >> posted and send along a few pics too.  I am glad I can share this
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> > > with
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> > > >> an appreciative audience and one so knowledgeable.  This boat really
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> > > a
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> > > >> magic carpet.  Attached is a view from my BnB, one that shows (if
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> > > >> enlarge it a bit)  The penultimate island I visited on the Rhodes
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> > > >> year, Ventotene (25nm) and just behind it Ponza (almost 50nm).  A
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> > > >> today.
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> > > >> Chris Geankoplis
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