A Remarkable Naval Battle at the Dardanelles: Battle of Aegospotami in 405 BC

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Fought at the end of the Peloponnesian War in 405 BC, the Battle of Aegospotami was a decisive Spartan naval victory over the Athenians.The Athenian fleet was sent off to the Black Sea in order to secure safe passage for the Athenian grain carriers, which were providing grain for the daily Athenian bread. The Spartans had at that time developed a strong fleet and Lysander, a Spartan commander, positioned the Spartan fleet of 170 Peloponnesian ships at Lampsacus (today’s Lapseki) at the southern shore of the Dardanelles. Lampsacus was the only safe port in the area and when the Athenians arrived with some 180 triremes they had to anchor at Aegospotami (which means “Goat’s River”), opposite Lampsacus. Aegospotami was no safe harbour and apparently the Athenians had to haul out their boats at unfavourable weather conditions.

Muharrem Yılmaz

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Muharrem Yılmaz, Veteran of wooden boat building, with his adze. Building a 30 m explorer type ship.

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Search by Plane

“Located!” First image after locating a missing object.
In memoriam of Murat Öztürk, friend and pilot.
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Bodrum Trehanderi

And here another example of a basic ornaments of a Bodrum trehanderi/tırhandil. Here seen on Mehmet Baş’s “Aksona”. Many thanks to Naval Architect Tanju Kalaycıoğlu.

Ve bir Bodrum tırhandilinin sade oyması. Mehmet Baş’ın yeni “Aksona”sından. Tanju Kalaycıoğlu’na teşekkürlerimle.

Greek Trehanderi link

Bodrum Trehanderi

Moments of a Crossing

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Dawn behind D-Marin. Towering grim clouds promise rain and wind.

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The Kardak / Imia rocks at dawn

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Dusk at Partheni on Leros

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On Leros the launching of the fishing trehanderi, “Our Lady of the Castle”.
“I Panagia tou Castrou” tırhandili denize iniyor.
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Greek Trehanderi

Basic and traditional ornaments on the bulwark of a Greek trehanderi/tırhandil.

Bir Yunan tırhandilinin parampetini süsleyen basit ve geleneksel oymalar.
Tanju Kalaycıoğlu’na.

Bodrum Trehanderi link

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IAMI News – The Release

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“Europe to my left, Asia to my right. And most importantly, we are out of the Black Sea.”

So had a beaming surveyor Damir Baf of MCS described his first moments in the Turkish Straits.

All who attended Tallinn last year will remember Damir’s breathtaking presentation about “Large Yacht Recovery”, but also the sore feeling that at that time the outcome of the case was not at all certain.

Well, in a very international, professional and joint performance under the lead of Pantaenius’ Michael Kurtz, a team of insurers, surveyors, agents, advisers… have finally accomplished the release of the vessel from a corrupt warzone.

Well done, all!

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Image: Courtesy MCS, Pantaenius Insurers
Text: Dr. Yusuf Civelekoğlu, CMI, Member Steering Committee Europe

IAMI News – Forged Equipment Numbers

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We were recently faced with a good number of forged equipment numbers on a stolen large yacht. The bad boys had done a very thorough job by forging all identifying numbers on board – or so they must have thought.

The boys had gone through great pains to sand off, for instance, the engine numbers on the engine bodies. These numbers are placed very inconveniently low and the boys must have used custom extensions to grinders and punches. However, bad boys often make mistakes. In this case they had simply left out the equipment stickers, displaying the same numbers a second time, at very convenient locations on top of the equipment.

The stickers would have been so easy to “replace”. How could this lapse happen? One explanation is that the boys, who had stolen the yacht, might have “subcontracted” the forging to “specialists”. The specialists must have done as requested and forged the hard numbers to good quality. The sticker forging was probably not part of their commission and thus were left out…
As the French saying goes “…Moreover, and often more difficult, one should always see what one sees.” How true! Especially for any surveyor.
Images: marineSOLUTIONS
Text: Dr. Yusuf Civelekoglu, CMI