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

Tue Jun 22 19:31:00 EDT 2021

Well Michael,
                    To put a superstition to rest,  Alice is not bad luck!
Quite the contrary.  The Greek Liqueur in the attachment has the brand name
"Enosis".  It is mad from the mastic plant.  It is rather odd tasting.  It
is made on one of the Dodecanese islands where we are headed.  I may just
keep the bottle and insist that it was named after this liqueur and has no
other meaning.  What a conundrum.
Chris Geankoplios
Enosis

On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 9:47 AM Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
wrote:

> Chris,
>
> Traditionally, boats are named after goddesses, beautiful women or
> mythical figures. Of course, ancient tradition says that women on ships
> were bad luck and rarely put to sea. Then again, the sea is the captain's
> mistress. Tell me again about your inspiration.
>
> Mike
> s/v Wind Lass ('91)
> Nissequogue River, NY
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of
> Chris Geankoplis
> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 10:10 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] A Rhodes in the Med, year 3
>
> Ah,
>     I recall now my inspiration for the name “Enosis “. See attachment
> (grin).  Actually pretty bad stuff.   Chris Geankoplis. S/V 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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