On Saturday, 13 September 2025, the Voice of Greece program “Fair Winds and Following Seas – Saturday Shift” with Antonis Karagiannakis set sail with the winners of the Aegean Regatta 2025, the international offshore sailing race.
Winners of the three categories – Thanasis Baksevanis, skipper of Ba...
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
On Saturday, 6 September, Piraeus hosted a unique swimming celebration, successfully organized and with the participation of many swimmers.
This spectacular 1,200-meter race, titled “Piraeus Open Water 1896,” revived the spirit of the classic route of the First Modern Olympic Games of 1896 in the...
83-year-old Captain Aristidis Rouvelas from Archangelos, Laconia, tells us how, starting from a small caique named “ARCHANGELOS”, his father and later the whole family managed, with refrigerated fishing vessels, to reach several regions across the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and countries in West Afr...
Captain Stelios Koubias, from the seafaring island of Chios, recounts a story from his 40-year career at sea (1979–2019). This story has stayed with him and took place in 1995 aboard the tanker “MARIA T” of the Tsakos Shipping & Trading S.A. company, under Captain Panagiotis Tsakos. On that ship,...
On Saturday, 6 September 2025, the special weekend edition of the program "Fair Winds and Following Seas" with Antonis Karagiannakis hosted the key contributors to "AMORGORAMA" - Anny Mitropoulou, Executive Director of the Cyclades Preservation Fund (CPF); Stefanos Kalogirou, Assistant Professor at...
Captain Meletis Kynigos speaks about the profession of a sailor, describing it as excellent, with fairly good earnings, and adds: "A sailor experiences so many things, meets people, visits countries and cultures. He sees the whole world through his work, and that’s what I did. I feel lucky and grateful f...
Captain Meletis Kynigos from Piraeus speaks on "Fair Winds and Following Seas".
“I graduated from the Merchant Marine Academy of Kymi and embarked on my first voyage in 1969—27 consecutive months aboard the M/V FANTOM of the distinguished Lemos shipping company. I fell in love with the sea and wit...
Captain Tasos Kroukis, from the village of Papadates in Preveza, first went to sea at the age of 18 aboard the M/V Andros Castle.
The ship sailed from Emden, Germany, to Norfolk, USA, where it loaded coal before heading on to Japan. For him, the sea was a way out of poverty.
“I respected the s...
Captain Stergios Kyriakidis from Halkidiki is the guest on “Fair Winds and Following Seas” on Voice of Greece.
“From the age of 10 I had already decided that I wanted to become a sailor and a captain. At 17, during the exams, I handed in blank papers so I could leave school and go to sea. Of cours...
On Saturday, 30 August 2025, the Voice of Greece program “Fair Winds and Following Seas – Saturday Shift” with Antonis Karagiannakis hosted Dr. Maria Boile, Professor of Maritime Studies at the University of Piraeus.
“For me, the sea is a road. A road of trade. A road that connects peoples, ide...
Panagiotis Christofas talks about Mytilene and his beloved island of Lesvos, sharing how he decided to enter public service. He discusses the issues that concern his community, the current summer season, and of course the AEGEAN REGATTA 2025, which this year included the North Aegean island as one of...
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 Michalis A. Chatzipetros, descendant of a proud seafaring family, speaks about the Nautical Museum of the Heroic Island of Kasos.
“The effort to create the Nautical Museum of Kasos was begun many years ago by my late father. With much personal work, struggle, expenses, and sacrifices, we m...
Marianna Douka, President of the Lesvos Offshore Sailing Club (LOIATH), speaks on “Kales Thalasses” and the Voice of Greece.
“The sea is my home. I live with it, I love it, and I cannot function away from it. Sailing is a kind of psychotherapy. When we set out into the open sea, we leave all our w...
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
The mayor of Agios Efstratios, Konstantinos Sinanis, speaks on “Fair Winds and Following Seas” and Voice of Greece.
He talks about his beloved island, this year’s summer season, and of course the AEGEAN REGATTA 2025, which this year included the small North Aegean island as one of the stops of th...
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
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