The anchorage of fVathi on Ithaca
Rod Heikell in his natural domain
There is surprisingly little on pleasure boating in the huge pantheon of Greek literature. You would have thought some of them could have taken some time off from working out the of modern fiction, putting together competing philosophical schools we still dwell on today, working out the circumference of the earth and establishing the history of the known world, as well as laying down the rudiments of science and mathematics, to describe the simple pleasures of sailing for the fun of it. But ‘NO’. There is little written down or depicted to go on. So, we are left with Homer and The Odyssey, a gift that has influenced many to up-sticks and sail away.
If there is one thing we can be sure of it is that The Odyssey has been a well-spring for inspiring voyages in small boats to parts of the world where there is a sense of excitement and danger removed from the mundane. The idea of pitting oneself against everything the gods and
