Greek Seafarers

WWF HELLAS Director Dimitris Karavellas speaks on "FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS" and VOICE OF GREECE, making a general assessment of the 9th World Sea Conference "Our Ocean Conference 2024" held in Athens last week. "There are many commitments from many countries worldwide and of course Greece for...

The show ''Fair Winds and Following Seas'' with Antonis Karagiannakis is 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.

Radio operator Simos Pakoulieris and later journalist and proofreader in newspapers originating from Ikaria speaks to "FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS" and VOICE OF GREECE. He first embarked with the tanker "Olympic Rock of Onassis from Eleusis, to Sfax in Tunisia and then New Orleans. "At that time there...

On Saturday, April 27th, 2024, "Fair Winds and Following Seas – Saturday Shift" with Antonis Karagiannakis hosted Giorgos N. Leontsinis, Professor Emeritus of Modern Greek and European History and History Education at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and author, originally from Kythira. His l...

Second Lieutenant and promising in the field of Merchant Marine Ilias Toussounis, from Kasos, was today at the studios of ERT and the VOICE OF GREECE on "FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS". He talks to us about his last barque at Angelikoussis Group on the ship "Maran Gas Coronis", his ambitions, his...

Giorgos Kesses, captain of "PYTHEAS", who is in Argostoli, Kefalonia with his sailing boat on his trip to Marseille, where they will join the French sailing ship "Belem" and the Olympic flame in the French port, talks on "Fair Winds and Following Seas" and VOICE OF GREECE about his course so far. Moreover,...

The show ''Fair Winds and Following Seas'' with Antonis Karagiannakis is 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.

The President of the Hellenic Maritime Museum, Mrs. Anastasia Anagnostopoulou-Paloumpi speaks to "FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS" and VOICE OF GREECE. She talks to us about the activities and history of the Hellenic Maritime Museum, as well as about the major exhibition it organizes entitled "Konstantinos...

The captain of the sailing boat "PYTHEAS", Giorgos Kesses from Piraeus, who will escort the French sailing ship "Belém" to Marseille with the Olympic Flame in view of the Paris Olympic Games, speaks on "Fair Winds and Following Seas" and VOICE OF GREECE. He tells us about his unique solitary journey ...

A small Greek sailing ship that goes by the name "PYTHEAS" with a Piraeus sailor as the sole crew, Giorgos Kesses, will travel to accompany the French sailing ship "Belem" and the Olympic flame upon their entrance to Marseille.The captain of "PYTHEAS", Giorgos Kesses from Piraeus, who will realize his...

Captain Kostas Iatrou from Ermionida Valley talks about the sea, his first barque, a quarter with a Latsis tanker. He was working mainly on tankers, cruise ships and container ships and saw the evolution in ships and technology over time. An unforgettable experience will remain when they barricaded...

Captain Giannis Kougiountzoglou, who is with the RORO "Sea Hellinis" and its crew at anchorage in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, conveys to us thoughts, concerns and anxieties about the attack of Iran (neighboring country with Saudi Arabia) on Israel. Also, Captain Kostas Iatrou talks about the profession of...

Archaeologist and professor at the University of Patras Dr. Dimitra Kamarinou transfers us to Antiquity with her book "Ocean-going Islands" on this Saturday's special edition of the show ''Fair Winds andFollowing Seas'' with Antonis Karagiannakis. How were the ships of the Mycenaeans and Homeric...

Captain Nikolas Magriplis, the Bolshevik as many from Kalymnos know him, with his boat "Barba Themelis" has ploughed from the 70s onwards, all over the Aegean for pennies, bubbles, fish, sponges and PPC works for cables at the bottom of the sea. Captain Nikolas talks on “FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING S...

Captain Nikolas Gerakaris from Andros is our guest on “FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS”for the 2nd consecutive time on VOICE OF GREECE. He tells us about the importance of the sailor’s wife, “for without her nothing would be done. We thank her,” says Captain Nikola. He tells us stories from his long ...