I love the magic carpet analogy.  Sooo true!
Thanks for the pictures.

Bob (palatka)

> On May 31, 2019, at 3:56 PM, Rod Ellner via Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
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> Chris
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> We are all sailing vicariously through you two……..how special that this is a 50th anniversary of another great adventure!   
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> Rod/Mary
> Wisconsin
>> On May 31, 2019, at 2:27 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
>> S/V ENOSIS
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