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Hengist, Horsa & Senlac, Summer 2009

Although Ventouris Sea Lines’ unprepossessing website gives little away, the Agios Georgios (ex-Hengist) remains the key conventional ship on operations from Piraeus to the Western Cyclades. New competition has emerged…

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Hengist, Horsa, Senlac: The Rafina Summer of 2004

Although built together for Sealink, being delivered in 1972-73, the Hengist, Horsa and Senlac never operated together as such, the Senlac being Newhaven-based. There were a few occasions when the…

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Picture of the week – 16 February 2009

‘Piraeus Rush Hour’. Highspeed 1, Blue Star Ithaki and Agios Georgios (ex-Hengist), 27 July 2007 (click for larger image) Last week’s picture

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To Sifnos and back

July 2007 We arrived in Piraeus on board the Theofilos of NEL Lines, all the way from Mytilene, up in the distant north Aegean. Our ship was originally TT Lines…

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That was the year that was

It’s been another memorable year of ferrying – here are some high and low-lights from a year which saw the demise of Speedferries, the end of the Finnjet, Black Watch,…

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year & Welcome to 2009! With special reference to the website this blog is supposed to support, I suppose I should mention that this is the 40th year…

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