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”...
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 Wat...
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...
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 will happen this Saturday, 15 November, at 08:00 Athens time, on ...
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 ...
The program “Fair Winds & Following Seas – Saturday Shift”, hosted by Antonis Karagiannakis, takes listeners on a voyage through Greek musical tradition. Guests in the Voice of Greece studio are Mr. Yannis C. Lyras, President of Paralos Maritime Corp., and Ms. Koula Yazitzoglou, Head of the Domna Samiou Archive. They will discuss the remarkable research project, collection, and music album “Songs of Dame Sea” (Tis Kyra-Thalassas), which brings together sea-related songs from various parts of Greece, lovingly and respectfully recorded by the late Domna Samiou. Mr. Lyras, the album’s sponsor, is a founding member of HELMEPA and a long-serving President of the Union of Greek Shipowners. He speaks about his connection with music, ... Read more
Mr. Yannis C. Lyras, President of Paralos Maritime Corp., and Ms. Koula Yazitzoglou, Head of the Domna Samiou Archive, will discuss the remarkable music album “Songs of Dame Sea” (Tis Kyra-Thalassas), which brings together sea-related songs from various parts of Greece.
The teacher and author Melina Iliopoulou spoke on “Fair Winds & Following Seas” and Voice of Greece about her book “Liberty – The Ship of Freedom.”
“The Aegean Sea is a unique sea. Wherever you are, you want to dive in. It’s like a mother’s embrace - only there can you find peace,” she says, adding ...
Captain Giannis Soldatos spoke on “Fair Winds & Following Seas” on Voice of Greece, sharing vivid memories from his life at sea.
He recounted a tragic incident that occurred on Christmas Eve of 1981, when a ship took on water in the Hudson River, New York, resulting in the death of three cre...
Captain Giannis Soldatos took the helm of the program “Fair Winds & Following Seas” on Voice of Greece.
He spoke about Meganisi and Lefkada, and about how he decided to follow a career at sea. A descendant of a maritime family, he graduated from the Merchant Marine Academy of Aspropyrgos.
His gre...
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