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PODCASTS Mark Chew PODCASTS Mark Chew

Fiasco in Fiskardo

This episode comes to you from SIRACUSA, SICILY this week we crossed back from Greece to mainland Italy and now in Sicily.
SONG OF THE WEEK - DRAFT DAUGHTERS BLUES by BE GOOD TANYAS
Links to stuff we discussed:
- FISKARDO - LIVE WEBCAM
- TIM & PAULINE CARR WORLD SAILORS
- LIN & LARRY PARDY WORLD SAILORS
- KATABATIC WIND EXPLAINED
- ROCELLA IONICA DETENTION FACILITY
- ROLEX SWAN CUP
- KAKUMA REFUGE CAMP
- ANNIE'S EASTER MIX // PLAYLIST
- I SEE DOCO LAB

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HISTORY Mark Chew HISTORY Mark Chew

The Antikythera Mechanism

In the spring of 1900, sponge divers working off the small Greek island of Antikythera located a Roman-era shipwreck at a depth of roughly 45 meters. The ship, dated to around 70–60 BC, had been carrying a cargo of luxury goods likely bound for Rome. Among the recovered items was a corroded lump of bronze, broken into several pieces, that initially drew little attention. It sat in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens for years, cataloged but not understood.

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PODCASTS Mark Chew PODCASTS Mark Chew

MATILDA Radio -All seas lead to Rome & Calypso's cave.

This episode comes to you from Sal in Rome and Mark in Orthoni. Yes we made it!
Links to stuff we discussed:
- ORTHONI AND CALYPSO'S CAVE
- MEDUSA
- PROTESTS IN VENICE
- SANTA MARIA DI LEUCA
- COURTESY FLAGS
- GARIBALDI- SQUASHED FLY BISCUIT
- 22 YEAR OLD POET - GOFFREDO MAMELI
- BRONZE STATUE AT VATICAN CITY

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RACING Mark Chew RACING Mark Chew

Skylarking- Sailing Into The Blue 

“It was when she neatly sailed off her anchor the first morning of the racing, completed her first race and dropped her anchor under-sail again that the trouble began. A complaint was put to the race committee that all these manoeuvres could not possibly be carried out on a boat this size with a crew of three, safely! This, despite the fact that all the manoeuvres had gone without a hitch. The committee did not say who had complained , but it obviously upset Hugh and his young crew. Might be why I found myself learning Coral’s ropes as the fourth crew member the very next day. “

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