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

[Chris Geankoplis]

Dang Frank,
                  You are well informed.  Indeed during the Junta that was
often how Enosis was used.  Didn't think very few people (other than the
Cypriots, knew this.  Yes it might be a problem.  I named the boat dwith
the older root word in mind. "a coming together to make (one) complete." it
is a base for such words as Gnosticism,   So you will probably see some
alteration in the name involving peeling off a letter or two.  Maybe I
shall just remove the "E" and the last "S",  leaving me with "Nosi" a
homonym for a snoopy boat.  Or I see its meaning in the Bosnian language is
a verb, "wears".  But I think I might just go with a language I know. ENO,
 "and no".  A response to the political meaning of Enosis.  In truth, the
Turks could make a strong argument for their invasion in '74.  Shortly
before that time, I talked to a number of young Greek Cypriots who
gleefully relate how they would sneek into a Turkish village and rape the
girls there.  It seemed they shared the same attitude that some Serbians
had 15 years later.
Anyway, to a more positive subject, it will be the most challenging sail
with Enosis.  I'm not really worried about the Ionian but the Aegean is
another matter.   I've sailed the Aegean in the summer a number of times,
most recently in a British built little 22' Pandora.  It was an  old fixed
keel VanDe Staat  designed boat built for the north sea.  So, I might be
biting off more than I can chew (well we can chew) but we will just have to
get used to waiting for a window or doing some very early morning sailing
in the dark.  This will probably be our last year with Enosis as Alice has
some health issues and really doesn't enjoy the long flights over and
back.  We intend to put it up for sale and hopefully someone(s) will buy
her and have as much fun sailing her as we have.

Chris Geankoplis
Enosis or ENO, or NOSI, or I just thought of "Sis" which is a Greek prefix
indicating doing or action sort of like "ing" in English.

On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 7:55 AM Frank Goldsmith <goldsmith.cf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Chris, thanks for sharing those plans with us — what a trip!  You are an
> intrepid sailor to sail the Ionian sea solo.  It’s a fascinating way to
> spend the summer, and I am envious.  I’ll look forward to following your
> progress.
>
> Hearing of your plans to include Turkey in your itinerary, I can’t help
> but ask this question (born of ignorance, I confess) about your boat’s
> name.  It is Ένωσις in Greek, right, meaning “union”?  Doesn’t that refer
> to the political union of Cyprus and Greece, and if so, does the name cause
> any raised eyebrows when you sail into a Turkish port?  I remember once
> going up to a stand in Turkey to buy ice cream and mistakenly handing the
> vendor a drachma in payment (this was before the Euro), and he indignantly
> slapped the coin down on the counter and pushed it back.  There seemed to
> be some pretty hard feelings between the Greeks and the Turks, at least
> back then.
>
> Safe travels,
>
> Frank
>
> > On Jun 19, 2021, at 11:33 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
>
>