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

Tue Jun 22 10:58:52 EDT 2021

Bottoms up!  For the booze not your boat.

On Tue, Jun 22, 2021, 10:10 AM Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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