I loved it. 

Sophia

> On Jul 6, 2019, at 4:35 PM, Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Thanks again. Yes, don’t know about good, but I do like writing.
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>> On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 at 16:40, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
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>> Chris
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>> Love the photo.
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>> I'm very glad you found the earlier account and transcribed it. I will
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>> read the whole thing as I am thoroughly enjoying it. Even pulled up a
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>> map of Italy as my knowledge of Italian geography is sorely lacking. You
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>> were a good writer then and now.
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>> Thanks
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>> Mary Lou
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>>> On 7/6/2019 6:32 AM, Chris Geankoplis wrote:
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>>> Thanks Mary Lou,
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>>> It was written long ago and “lost”. It discovered in my late mother’s as
>> a
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>>> hand written, typed journal and an envelope of negatives. I just
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>>> transcribed the info but did very little editing. I left in a lot of the
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>>> awkward grammar and some of the misspellings. I thought it was more
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>>> authentic that way. I think we found it about 16 years ago. Don’t feel
>> like
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>>> you have to read the whole thing. Enjoy!  Here is a view from the boat a
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>>> short time ago. The cloud is from a minor eruption/venting of 11,000 ft
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>>> Etna. Life on a boat rocks, doesent?
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>>>> On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 at 21:51, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
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>>>> Thanks once again for the reports and the account of your earlier
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>>>> journey which I had somehow missed. I'm only up to page 22 but really
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>>>> enjoying it.
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>>>> Mary Lou
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>>>> ex R22
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>>>> now Rosborough RF-246
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>>>> Rock Hall, MD
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>>>> On 7/5/2019 2:07 PM, Chris Geankoplis wrote:
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>>>>> Thanks Rob. Yeah, loads of fun. Made it down to the base of Mt Etna
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>>>>> Today, Impressive volcan. The reports should have more sailing in them.
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>>>>> Chris G
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>>>>> ENOSIS
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>>>>> On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 at 16:40, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:
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>>>>>> Oh my, Chris. Great story. About brought tears to my eyes. Keep them
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>>>>>> coming! Loved the videos of the boat on the truck! rob
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>>>>>> From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> on behalf of
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>>>>>> Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com>
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>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2019 5:47:27 PM
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>>>>>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
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>>>>>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] 1st Part 2019 Rhodes in the Med
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>>>>>> July 4th  Sitting here in Messina waiting for the bar's ice machine to
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>>>>>> slowly make another kilo of ice for the box.  So things came together
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>>>>>> have attached (I hope) a PDF which should be easier to open for a lot
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>>>>>> readers.  Mike M. will have to clear it because of the size of the
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>>>>>> I think.  Thanks Mike.  Anyway, part 1 is the intro to the whole trip
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>>>>>> covers the first few days.  Though I posted this a couple of years
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>>>>>> I've also put a link here for anyone interested the original trip
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>>>>>> made down the Italian coast 50 years ago.  It really was what got me
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>>>>>> started sailing.  So enjoy part 1, I promise part 2 will come
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>>>>>> along....sometime.
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>>>>>> Link to 1969 Vayu Story
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>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6TNygHUITxNWURLUXZQanlhQjA/view?usp=sharing
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>>>>>> Chris Geankoplis
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>>>>>> ENOSIS I
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