Wreck Detective Training Course

During the first weekend of December (4-6/12), it was completed the PADI Wreck Detective distinctive specialty training course. The specific course has been the initial part of the Specialization on Shipwreck Surveying. Two training dives have been conducted at Agia Kyriaki (Trikeri).

Wreck DetectiveConsequently seven participants have been certified as Wreck Detective Divers. During this part of the specialization, it has been performed the investigation of shipwreck “M/S ΚΑΛΗ ΤΥΧΗ”. The PADI Underwater Survey Diver distinctive specialty course will follow soon towards the surveying and the 3d modeling for selected features of the shipwreck.

Βαρδιάνος στα σπόρκα

Χαρτογράφηση των Τοπωνυμίων του Διηγήματος

Εκατόν είκοσι δυο χρόνια μετά την λογοτεχνική τεκμηρίωση των γεγονότων που περιγράφονται στο διήγημα Βαρδιάνος στα σπόρκα (δημοσιευμένο το 1893), επιχειρείται η χαρτογραφική τους απόδοση. Η ανασύσταση του λογοτεχνικού τοπίου, με γεωγραφικούς πλέον όρους, βασίζεται στην μελέτη των Τοπωνυμίων της Σκιάθου.

Underwater Survey Diver Training Course

During the last weekend (10-11 October) at Skopelos, was conducted for first time the PADI Underwater Survey Diver Training Course. It is a new Distinctive Specialty, which intends to provide the basic knowledge and the appropriate skills at those divers and researchers, which have a special interest in the mapping and the 3D representation of natural and cultural features of the marine environment. By the end of the PADI Underwater Survey Diver Course, it is expected that the certified divers should be able to participate in the preparation and the carrying out of an underwater survey campaign.


Weekend swim

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  • Day 1

Tzaneria – Prasou – Mavromantilou – Tzaneria. 2,5 km, 0:50 min.

  • Day 2

Round of Small Tsougria island – long reef. 2 km, 0:40 min.

Κολυμπώντας στις Σποράδες

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  • Day 1

Morning swim. Panormos bay: 0:58 – 3 km (Average group’s speed 2.8 km/h).

 

Walk. Panormos – Milia beach: 0:20 – 2 km.

 

Evening swim. Milia – Kastani – Milia – Adriana – Panormos: 1:30, 3 km (Average group’s speed 2 km/h).

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  •  Day 2

Morning swim. Kanapitsa – Limnonari: 1:30 – 3 km (Average group’s speed 2 km/h) & 15 min – 500m.

 

Evening swim. Limnonari – Agnontas: 0:45 – 1.8 km (Average group’s speed 2.3 km/h).

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  • Day 3

Morning swim. Agios Georgios – Mikro: 1:00 – 3 km (Average group’s speed 3 km/h).

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  • Day 4

Morning swim. Kokkinokastro – Spartines: 1:07 – 3.2 km (Average group’s speed 3 km/h).

 

Evening swim. Peristera bay: 0:45 – 2.4 km (Average group’s speed 3 km/h).

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  • Day 5

Morning swim. Peristera – C/S Alonnisos: 1:10 – 3 km (Average group’s speed 2,5 km/h).

 

Evening swim. C/S Alonnisos – Vasiliko: 0:40 – 2,4 km (Average group’s speed 2,8 km/h).