[Rhodes22-list] A Rhodes in the Med, year 3

[Jesse Shumaker]

Chris, it sounds like a well researched trip.  I'm looking forward to
hearing about this next chapter in your adventures!

Jesse Shumaker
S/V Zephyr

On Sat, Jun 19, 2021 at 10:33 PM Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well better late than never.  This year's cruise is almost exactly the same
> length as the one from Barcelona to Naples, 1050 nm.  I will be arriving in
> Greece at the boat on the 15th of July.  I'll spend a week by myself
> (unless someone wants to come along and help out) fixing up the boat and
> getting it in the water after 2 years on the hard. Then  I'll spend a week
> sailing around the northern Ionian by myself (unless someone wants to come
> along).  I'll end up in Corfu and pick up my wife on the 28th of July.
> From there it is south to the tip of Greece then east over to Rhodes (an
> island named after the boat?).  We will clear out of Greece about mid
> September and spend 10 days to two weeks in Turkey before putting it to bed
> in Marmaris. We plan to put it up for sale in the spring. (more details on
> that later)  I generally do a fair amount of prep on trips like this and
> enjoy going over the sailing guide books and charts and Google earth.  I
> created a rather long document  (13 pages) with a proposed itinerary and
> distances and an accompanying set of Google Earth pictures of each of the
> 50 odd places where we will be spending a night or two.  About half I've
> never been to so it is with great anticipation that I look forward to this
> year's adventure.  I've attached a Google Docs link to the itinerary if you
> are interested. One note, to really get the most out of it, the document
> should be viewed at 170% on a computer screen.   I should start posting
> stuff a couple of weeks behind the actual day's sail, say around the
> beginning of August or late July.  This trip will be the most challenging
> yet as the Meltemi is the strongest in August, right when we are crossing
> the Aegean.
>
> Chris Geankoplis
> S/V Enosis
>
> Google Link:
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jHbIyuhqlsCey5g1HWVmTsEXV-6MRFsC/view?usp=sharing
>