I've  enjoyed everyone's post about their sailing adventures, seems like I
need to contribute too.  Always better to give than receive, wait a minute,
not always true about R22 stories.

Chris G

On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 9:42 PM Richard Stott <ric at stottarchitecture.com>
wrote:

> We all look forward to your journey Chris.
> Ric
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> > On May 31, 2019, at 3:27 PM, Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > Well I arrived a couple of days ago and found the boat fine if a bit
> > covered in volcanic dust.  But that is to be expected when the "boat
> yard"
> > is part way up the side of a dormant volcano (I hope) on the island of
> > Ischia in the Bay of Naples.  There is about a week's worth of work to
> do.
> > I was planning to have the hull painted but there isn't time so I'll
> settle
> > for the "a pealing" look instead.  I am really looking forward to this
> > segment of the trip because it will mark the 50th anniversary of my first
> > long trip in a small boat.  Back then it was an 18'wooden lightning  and
> > involved sailing to Sicily then to the heel of Italy and over to Greece.
> > Well I was young and bit crazy to attempt something like that then; being
> > much more mature and experienced, I'm doing it in a Rhodes, a whole 4'
> > longer!  Plus it doesn't leak and I don't have to sleep outside.  Oh and
> > the best thing is I get to do this trip with my wife.The trip from
> > Barcelona was fun but I think this will be even more so.  I'll keep you
> all
> > posted and send along a few pics too.  I am glad I can share this trip
> with
> > an appreciative audience and one so knowledgeable.  This boat really is a
> > magic carpet.  Attached is a view from my BnB, one that shows (if you
> > enlarge it a bit)  The penultimate island I visited on the Rhodes last
> > year, Ventotene (25nm) and just behind it Ponza (almost 50nm).  A clear
> day
> > today.
> >
> > Chris Geankoplis
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