Fair Winds And Following Seas

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 ...

Captain Nikolas Gerakaris from Andros is our guest on “FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS” for the 2nd consecutive time on the 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 ...

Captain Dimitris Skolidis, graduate of the Academy of Merchant Marine of Aspropyrgos , speaks on “Fair Winds and Followig Seas” and the VOICE OF GREECE. He has 20 years in the boats and as many in the offices. He first embarked in 1979 as a cadet with the 18,000-ton freighter "St. Nicholas" from Hon...

On Saturday, April 6th, 2024, Themis Angelopoulos is our guest on "Voice of Greece" and the show "Fair Winds and Following Seas - Saturday Shift". The renowned writer and actor talks about piracy on ships in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region but also about his book entitled "Red Leaflet", which recounts...

Captain Giannis Kougioumtzoglou with his RORO ship "Sea Hellinis" travels from Sri Lanka to Dubai and talked to us a little about his trip and the anticipation of returning to his beloved family. Also, veteran cook Giannis Kakomanolis from Kasos, who first embarked with "ARCTUROS" by Kulukundis at...

Veteran captain Stelios Koumpias from Kastello, Chios, narrates in his own special way his important “great loves” at sea and shipping, that is, the ships he served and what he keeps from each one. With Chandris' M/V AUSTRALIA they rescued off Guadeloupe an American sailor and with the same ship mad...

Visual artist Giorgos Vouros speaks on the show, on the occasion of the solo painting exhibition entitled “Break the Silence, Save the Boats-Transubstantiation”, which takes place on April 8th at the Municipal Art Gallery of Piraeus. He take us to the world of traditional boats and describes how the...

The second lieutenant, Captain Dimitris Kamvitis travels us today in his own spontaneous and youthful way on “FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS” and the VOICE OF GREECE. Originally from Zagori, Pelion, Captain Dimitris embarked because he wants to “command big things”. When asked what the sea is to h...

The experienced veteran sailors of the Merchant Marine Panagiotis Melas and Alexandros Poulos, who are both poets, are the guests of Antonis Karagiannakis in “FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS - WEEKEND SHIFT” on VOICE OF GREECE. We are talking about the new poetry collection “Child of the need for s...

“FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS” and VOICE OF GREECE host the educator and coordinator of the Organizing Committee for the “200 years since the Kasos’ Holocaust ” Dinos Zacharis, who presents us the program of events taking place throughout Greece and New York. At the same time, he talks to us about ...

Businessman Giannis Zoulis who comes from Kasos and lives, works and operates in Baltimore, USA, talks on “Fair Winds and Following Seas” about the collision-accident that occurred on the bridge “Francis Scott Key" of the American metropolis as the M/V “Dali” carrying a container after a total blackout ...