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

[Frank Goldsmith]

Chris,

No, I am not really so well informed, and I certainly don’t know all the nuances and permutations of  Ένωσις.  I have very little Greek, really nothing above phrasebook level.  Years ago I could go into a shop, ask the price of something, and understand the answer provided I didn’t have to count too high!  Frankly I don’t remember much of that now.  

This exchange reminds me, though, that I gave my first boat, a Cal 27 I kept in Oriental, NC, a Greek name.  I had become acquainted with a restaurant in Big Sur named Nepenthe while stationed in California with the Army, and upon learning that the name referred to a mythical potion to cure one’s troubles (or something like that), I had νηπενθές stenciled on the stern under the English name.  It was a good boat and fulfilled that purpose — except when I had to drive several hundred miles from the mountains to the coast for maintenance.  

I can’t wait to follow your journey this summer.  

Best,

Frank

Frank Goldsmith
S/V Mary Bess (Rhodes 22 1985/2001)
Fairview, NC
Lake Keowee, SC

> On Jun 20, 2021, at 8:14 PM, Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>>