The Phoenicia during Sea Trials in 2008 which demonstrated its Seaworthiness What a difference a tag makes. For years I searched for a...

Tar has a high Viscosity and flows slowly but is still liquid at Room Termperature There are many unsung innovations in history. One of...

Felucas on the Nile, sailing upriver with the prevailing Desert Wind A few months ago I wrote a blog about ropes. Always wanted to follow...

Medicane (Mediterranean Hurricane) Zorbas reaching the Peloponnese on 29 Sept 2018 - the Medicane was about 150 sea miles wide In exactly...

Recognize this Naval Flag? A Russian Ship-of-the-Line sailing thru the Bosporus in 1798 Were we travelling 250 years earlier on our route...

Aerial View of Rhodes - at the Back the Ancient Acropollis with Stadion & Temple of Apollo Never underestimate the power of a Map. In...

Cypresses line the Road to my House in the South of France A row of Cypress trees lines the road to my property in the South of France....

Mainstreet of the Dorian City of Camirus, 40 km SW of Rhodes, with the Fountain Square Was trying for months to find out more about the...

The Greek Navy Ship Olympias somewhere in the Aegean A few weeks ago I wrote about Persian Emperor (King of Kings) Xerxes ' efforts in...

Aerial View of La Valetta in Malta, the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Base from 1814 - 1937 The seas around Crete where we sail this summer...

The Olympias, a Replica of a Greek Trireme, was built in 1987 using original Design Plans Few things amaze me more than the large numbers...

Carthage with its round Harbor around 300 BC One of my passions in life is reading maps. I find them so informative. They often convey...

The Lindos Acropolis dates back to the Dorian Settlement around 900 BC For thousands of years, the Minoans lived on the island of Crete....

“Tempora mutantur et nos in illis”. Times change and we with them. Was reminded of this Latin proverb when doing the follow-up on my blog...

Russian Light Cruiser Zhdanov being refuelled somewhere south-east of Crete, 1973 In our first week of sailing this summer – from Rhodes...

A German Ju 52 Transport Aircraft shot down over Souda Bay on 20 May 1941 In our second week this summer, we sail to Western Crete to...

When we sailed from Istanbul to Athens in 2022, we took the time to stop in Akrotiri, the Minoan site on Santorini's south coast ( F + 18...

Christmas is a good time to read Saint Paul's scriptures and spend time with loved ones. It also is the perfect time for "de-dusting" my...

Turkish Archeology Divers lifting Artefacts from a Roman 4th Century Ship in Yassiada Visited Bodrum's Museum for Underwater Archeology...

The Distance to Simi is 5 Miles - imagine the Sea here filled with 1'200 Persian Ships Two days ago, we arrived in the waters between the...