Le avventure di FURANA
On the route of Ulysses in winter
From the Aeolian Islands (Italy)
to the Ionian Islands (Greece)
Winter trip by SAILBOAT and SUP, in history and myth along the route of the sea and the islands dear to Ulysses.
From the island of Vulcano to Greece passing through the 7 Ionian islands (Heptanese) and a navigation in the Sea of Echinades and ....
DEPARTURE on February 2023. Participants: Furana, Eugenio (the writer) and all the old or new members of the association who would like to join us in stages or throughout the journey. After many sleepless nights, the SUP/VELICA proposal for the winter 2020/2021 of Sicilyinkayak.com is finally ready. Pirates and buccaneers, sailors with a wooden leg and a parrot on their shoulder, admirals or cabin boys are invited to participate as long as they have a certain predisposition to the wind and waves, to life in the open air and are adaptable to sharing the joys and sorrows of life. on board in confined spaces, to the use of the SUP to explore the coast after long SAILING crossings or as a means of disembarkation and supplies, to the respect of a boat/house which constantly needs care, checks, cleaning and order, at at the helm and in the constant search for more wind in the sails ... On February 2023, Furana will depart from the eastern bay of the island of Vulcano, with a maximum of 2 participants per stage on board (including myself) who will travel approximately approx. 500 miles of sea between Vulcano and the southernmost of the 7 Greek islands of the Ionian Sea (Zachintos) passing through Ithaca and the beautiful sea of Echinadi, theater of the battle of Lepanto and then further east into the Gulf of Corinth... The return It's not expected in Vulcano...Furana will remain in Greece in a port or construction site not yet scheduled, from which in winter 2024 it will continue its route eastwards in the Aegean Sea.... Research into the geo-historical meanings of the places to visit is still underway , often connected to the history of Sicily. Below I will add some details with maps and the ports close to the airports from which it will be possible to embark or disembark at the beginning or end of the stage together on board Furana. See airport plan along our route at https://www.flightradar24.com/38.75,18.85/7
Costs and methods of participation: 1)Membership card for the Aeolian Islands Canoe Kayak Club valid for the current year (20 euros per year) 2)Euro 15 for each day of boarding for boarding of a minimum of 2 weeks 3)For embarkations of less than 2 weeks the daily fee will be 25 euros per day 4) It will be possible to embark and disembark at any point of the route 4) The daily fee does not include on-board consumption (meals, drinks and gas), ports (often not necessary ), diesel.
Some Stops: Vulcano - Messina - Calabrian coast from Reggio Calabria to Ciro Marina. Crossings: from Ciro Marina to Santa Maria di Leuca, from Santa Maria di Leuca to Corfu then south to the east or west of the Ionian islands of Greece.
Corfu - Paxos-Anti Paxos- Lefcada- Ithaca-Kefalonia - Zakynthos is a beautiful navigation in the sea of Ekinadi and all its islands, a sea closed to the east and north by the continent and to the west and south by the larger Ionian islands. Two months of a historical tour of more than 2500 years of episodes told by Homer and Virgil, Dante and Maurolicus. We will travel from North to South the islands and places dear to Ulysses along an archipelago of green and bright islands inhabited by hospitable and generous people, a fantastic country where from every beach, cliff or city fables, legends and stories often linked to our SICILY spring up ...
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