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

[Chris Geankoplis]

I look forward to having all my fellow travelers along for the ride in
spirit. Thanks for a bit of insight.
Chris Geankoplis
Enosis

On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 9:08 PM Frank Goldsmith <goldsmith.cf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
> >>
> >>
>
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