Antonis Karagiannakis

Ο πολύπειρος και συνταξιούχος πλέον καπετάν Στάθης Αυγερινός, που μεγάλωσε στο Μεγανήσι της Λευκάδας μιλάει στις «ΚΑΛΕΣ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΕΣ» και στη ΦΩΝΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ. Εξακολουθεί να μας υπενθυμίζει ότι ο πρώτος τους στόχος ήταν να γίνει πιλότος, τελικά όμως για πολλούς και διάφορους λόγους έγινε καπετάνιος του Εμπορικού Ναυτικού και δεν το έχει μετανιώσει. Αναπολεί τα διάφορά όμορφα λιμάνια που βρέθηκε με τα καράβια και τα πληρώματα τους στα παράλια της ανατολικής Αμερικής από τη Νέα Υόρκη, Φιλαδέλφεια, Νέα Ορλεάνη, Φλόριντα μέχρι το Μεξικό, την Ονδούρα και τη Χιλή. «Στις 17-10-1965 με το M/V MARLIN στο πολύ επικίνδυνο και γνωστό σε όλους «τρίγωνο των Βερμούδων», φορτωμένοι λιπάσματα από Νέα ... Read more

The co-publishers of the maritime magazine ELNAVI — Theano Kalapotharakou, Stefanos Papandreou and Ilias Papandreou — are the guests on Voice of Greece’s program “Fair Winds and Following Seas – Saturday Shift”, with Antonis Karagiannakis. They talk about the h...

Second Mate Dimitris Smetis, from the village of Sofades in the prefecture of Karditsa, takes hold of the wheel of the program "Fair Winds and Following Seas" on Voice of Greece. “It takes persistence, discipline, and great effort to achieve your goal, in my case, earning my second mate’s license. The...

Listen to the statements and speech by the Minister of Labour, Ms. Niki Kerameus, during the presentation of the study–book by Gabriel Amitsis, professor at the University of West Attica, an initiative of the Seamen’s Pension Fund (NAT). Ms. Kerameus expressed her satisfaction with the initiative of ...

Captain Apostolos Anastasiadis, who has 20 years of sea service and spent 17 years teaching at the Merchant Marine Academy of Aspropyrgos and the Seafarers Further Training Center, speaks to the program "Fair Winds and Following Seas" and Voice of Greece. “It is a difficult ladder to climb, the l...

The seasoned and now-retired Captain Stathis Avgerinos, who grew up on Meganisi, Lefkada, speaks on “Fair Winds and Following Seas” and Voice of Greece. “From a very young age I was always in my grandfather’s little boat, the Ai Nikola, and I learned early on the secrets of the sea and seamanship. Later, ...

Award-winning show dedicated to Greek seafarers, featuring stories of their day-to-day lives, live testimonies, and connections with Greek ocean liners sailing across the world’s oceans. Produced and presented by Antonis Karagiannakis

Captain Giorgos Parisis, Master Mariner and Yacht Captain, Head of Training at the Hellenic Yacht Crew Association (HYCA); Captain Kostas Mouratis, Master Mariner and Yacht Captain; and Manos Roudas, yacht-training instructor and columnist, are the guests on “Fair Winds and Following Seas – Saturday Shift”...

Manolis Vordonis is one of the most respected figures in Greek — and global — shipping, with a distinguished 45-year career. For more than four decades at Thenamaris Ships Management Inc., he held senior leadership roles and helped shape an entire generation of maritime professionals. Today, he joi...

Award-winning show dedicated to Greek seafarers, featuring stories of their day-to-day lives, live testimonies, and connections with Greek ocean liners sailing across the world’s oceans. Produced and presented by Antonis Karagiannakis

Captain Dimitris Magoutsos from Thasos speaks on “Fair Winds & Following Seas” and Voice of Greece. “I disembarked for good in December 2023 in Chios, as the ship was headed to war-torn Ukraine and I didn’t want to go. I had completed a long seafaring cycle of almost 42 years,” Captain Dimitris ...

Ms. Iro Daskalaki, coordinator and organizer of the conference "Καλές Θάλασσες με Υγεία και Ασφάλεια" (Safe and Healthy Seas), was a guest on “Fair Winds and Following Seas” on Voice of Greece. She discussed current issues in the Greek shipping sector, drawing on her long experience with maritime ...

Captain Dimitris Magoutsos from Thasos speaks on “Fair Winds & Following Seas” and Voice of Greece. “It is a very particular profession, that of the seafarer, and not everyone can follow it. Your very first experience on a ship, as a rookie sailor, and in general that first voyage, is decisive for e...

Sometimes a simple paper boat — the kind children fold with their own small hands — can carry you remarkably far, until suddenly you find yourself face-to-face with the great seas and the ships that traverse them.Something like that happen on “Fair Winds and Following Seas – Saturday Shift” with Antonis Ka...

The mayor of the Heroic Island of Psara, Konstantinos Vratsanos, takes the helm of the program “Fair Winds and Following Seas” on Voice of Greece. He guides us, in his own way, through his beloved and historic island — looking back at its past and diving into its rich history, as he himself descends from ...

The highly experienced captain and instructor Kostas Sklavounos, from the seafaring island of Syros, speaks on “Fair Winds & Following Seas” and Voice of Greece. He comes from a long line of sailors - a true maritime family - and from a very young age he knew he would follow the same path. At jus...

Captain Michalis Karpathakis first set sail on 20 April 1964, aboard the freighter Angelis Sigma, travelling from Heraklion to Thessaloniki. Over the course of 36 years and 7 months at sea, he served on countless voyages — and shed tears as he descended the gangway of his final ship, the M/V Thallis, o...

Ms. Danae Bezantakou, CEO of Navigator Shipping Consultants Ltd and Vice President of the Propeller Club of Piraeus, takes the helm on “Fair Winds & Following Seas” on Voice of Greece. She speaks about the 24th NAVIGATOR – The Shipping Decision Makers Forum 2025, which returns stronger than ...