The following video was sent to us by Captain Davli Tuning. He writes to us: ”I am a sailor, Captain in rank, in active duty since 2003. I remember the times when all Greeks we would gather on the bridge to listen to you.” The video was taken on January 23rd, 2024 at 18:00 at sea heading from the Atlantic to the south. Fair Winds and Following Seas, Captain!
Greek Seafarers
Ο καπετάν Αλέκος Αντωνιάδης από τη Νέα Μηχανιώνα και τώρα στην Περαία Θεσσαλονίκης όταν ήταν στα καράβια, σε ένα ταξίδι του έβαλε σε έναν φάκελο ένα ποίημα που έγραψε για τη γυναίκα και την οικογένεια του και το έστειλε. Ένα ποίημα, ένα γράμμα!
Και λέει στο ποίημα «Εν Πλω»:
« Σου στέλνω με τα κύματα
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Manolis Lykakis from Zakros, Sitia, a veteran radio operator of the merchant navy and a friend of Voice of Greece, sent us the following poem, from his latest poetry collection.
Ταξίδια ωκεάνια
του Μανώλη Λυκάκη
Μόλα και βαρεθήκαμε τόσο καιρό στο πόρτο,πάει κι ο κάβος ο πρυμνιός, γλίστ...
The following video was sent to the Voice of Greece by Captain Giannis Kougioumtzoglou. It was taken on M/V MONTECRISTO in January 2021 in the North Aegean, with south winds at 8 Beaufort. The 170.00 ton ship was carrying iron ore and was coming from the port of Yuzny in Ukraine. His destination was China’s Qingdao via the Suez Canal.
Ο πολύπειρος ναυτικός Μανώλης Παπακανάκης από την Κάσο είναι ο καλεσμένος στην εκπομπή «ΚΑΛΕΣ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΕΣ» στη ΦΩΝΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ. Μας διηγείται με τον δικό του ξεχωριστό και παραστατικό τρόπο τις εμπειρίες και τα βιώματα του από τη θάλασσα και τα καράβια που υπηρέτησε με αγάπη. Απίθανες ιστορίες από το «ΠΟΛΙ...
«Σαν λαός είμαστε ευλογημένοι εμείς οι Έλληνες! Η ναυτοσύνη είναι στο DNA μας! Η ναυτιλία μας είναι παγκόσμια δύναμη και είμαι πολύ υπερήφανος γι' αυτό! Οι ξένοι ναυτικοί παραδέχονται εμάς τους Έλληνες και μας σέβονται για την πορεία μας στη θάλασσα και τις γνώσεις μας» αναφέρει στις «ΚΑΛΕΣ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΕΣ-ΒΑΡΔΙ...
Η δόκιμος πλοίαρχος από την Χίο Αφροδίτη Χαζαθανάση 3ετής σπουδάστρια στην ΑΕΝ Οινουσών μιλάει στις «ΚΑΛΕΣ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΕΣ». Λέει για την απόφαση της να ακολουθήσει το επάγγελμα του ναυτικού, τις σπουδές της, τη Σχολή των Οινουσών, τη θέση της γυναίκας στο καράβι και στη ναυτιλία. Επίσης μας μιλάει για το χωρίο της Κατα...
The Deck Diary | 12 January 2024
Stop! This was not a dream, so after I slept early I woke up at 3am, to pass the time I turned on the TV on a channel to rest my mind which has only commercial-free works usually classics, I came across a German language color play called LOLA. It had English...
Veteran radio officer Vangelis Makropoulos from Syros speaks to "FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS". He describes in his own words some of the secrets and moments on the ship radio at the time. Mr. Makropoulos shares with us beautiful stories of Captain Giorgos Abuselam from the unpublished book "Sea Memories".
The...
An exhibition that also refers to Greek sailors who took part in the expeditions of Columbus and Magellan for the discovery of the New World.
This is a cultural cooperation between Greece, Spain and Italy and the Municipality of Papagos-Holargos, which hosts the exhibition, under the auspices of...
Gelina Harlaftis, historian, professor of maritime history at the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Crete and Director of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the Foundation for Research and Technology, is Antonis Karagiannakis' guest on Voice of Greece and the show "Fair...
In January 2024, Voice of Greece officially launches The Ship's Log, in collaboration with VoG's show ”Fair Winds and Following Seas” with Antonis Karagiannakis.
A new column dedicated to all seafarers which means to to serve as a 'safe harbor', featuring thoughts, poems, dre...
Gelina Harlaftis, historian, professor of maritime history at the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Crete and Director of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of the Foundation for Research and Technology, is Antonis Karagiannakis' guest on Voice of Greece and the show "Fair...
Vicky Kounadini, daughter of the sailor-poet Matzouranis Kounadinis, talks to "FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS" about the unique nautical poetry collection "TIMONI TRAMOUNTANA" with the poems of her father, who wrote them when he was travelling in the seas of the world. She tells us about the distinctions...
The veteran from Asia Minor, who was also an educator - seafarer in Greek Merchant Marine Academy and Merchant Marine Officers Training Centers, speaks to "FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS". He talks to us about maritime education, to which he offered his knowledge as a professor at the Merchant Marine...
The veteran captain Apostolos Anastasiadis, originally from Asia Minor, who was also an educator - trainer in Greek Merchant Marine Academy and Merchant Marine Officers Training Centers, speaks to "FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS". "I wanted to become a doctor," he says, "but someone advised me to be...
Veteran radio operator Vangelis Makropoulos from Syros speaks to "FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS". He describes in his own way the different atmosphere of the festive days on the ship's radio with phone calls and telegrams. Mr. Makropoulos reads a moving story by Captain Tzortzis Maratos in 1954, which...
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