Captain Vasilis Gkelis, originally from Dervenochoria, has sailed on 21 different ships with various companies throughout his long career. The final vessel he served on was the M/V “ATHANASIOS.”
“I had no connection to the sea,” he recalls. “I was studying to get into Panteion University, and I ended up on ships instead—and I never regretted it.”
He continues: “My first voyage was on the M/V “Doris”, sailing from New York to New Orleans and then on to Japan. To get to New York, I boarded the M/V “Leonidas Kampanis” as a passenger, crossed the Atlantic, and met up with my ship there.”
Produced and presented by Antonis Karagiannakis