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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
Bazza's a Bit Famous
This episode comes to you from FRIKES, ITHACA
Links to stuff we discussed:
- LEVAKAS CANAL
- SPARTAHORI / SPILIA TAVERNA
- SKORPIOS - JACKIE'S ISLAND
- PERSEIDS 2026 COMETS IN GREECE
- SOUTHERN IONIAN
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.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
This episode comes to you from VONITSA, Mainland GREECE.
Links to stuff we discussed:
- What is a Baker's Dozen?
- ALLTRAILS this week's unofficial sponsor
- OLIVE TREES IN PAXOS
- ANTIPAXOS
- NAVALLY
- BATTLE OF ACTIUM
- GOOGLE MAP IMAGE OF BOATS ON SHORE AT ACTIUM
MATILDA Radio - Meet Me in Corfu
This episode comes to you from the island of LONGOS, PAXOS in GREECE. Links to stuff we discussed:
- This week's song - COLIN HAY - Waiting for my real life begin
- CORFU TOWN
- CAN I DRINK TAP WATER IN CORFU
- MARK'S NEAR MISS THUNDERSTORM
- MARINE TRAFFIC
- CEUTA UPDATE
- FIX THE NEWS
- BLUE CAVES - west coast Paxos
- O'MATHILDE - $500,000 per week ++
- I SEE DOCO LAB WINNER
MATILDA Radio -
This episode comes to you from SIVOTA, GREECE + ROME.
Links to stuff we discussed:
- SIVOTA
- AN ABANDONNED VILLAGE - Brachonas
- THE ODYSSEY
- THE VIKING BOAT
- TRUCE(S) - Mark's film set in one room
- FIUME O MORTE! // RIVER OR DEATH
- THE INVITE
- MARK'S FAV ACTOR IN THE WORLD
- THE ECONOMIST interview with Elon Musk MONEY WON'T MATTER
- VEGAN DIETS VS MEAT HEAVY DIETS // YALE
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
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. “