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- Antonis & Manolis Bekatoros
- Argos
- Atakoy Marina
- Bakalaris
- Bolts
- Burning
- Caulking
- Central Deckhouse and Mast
- Central Deckhouse
- Choice of Colors
- Construction of the New Gunwale
- Construction of the Deckhouses
- Docking Blocks
- Eight Tree Trunks
- Emmanuel V. Riginos
- False Keel
- “Faneromeni’s” Engine Compatrment
- “Faneromeni's” Instruments
- “Faneromeni’s” Naval Construction Plans
- Fanouris Vasileiou
- First Phase of “Faneromeni’s” Reconstruction…
- Francis Type 2000 Two Speed
- Friends and the Dogs
- George Mytilhnaios
- Greek Vernacular Boatbuilding
- Halkitis Shipyard
- Homeric Cultural Center of the Municipality of Chios
- Ilias Veloudis
- Installation of Balast and a False Keel
- Installation of the Ballast
- Installation of the Onan AC Generator
- Interior Arrangements
- Kanakis
- Keel Change
- Kelvin
- Kokinos Vraxos
- Kostas A. Damianidis
- Koupetoris Shipyard
- Major Overhaul of the Kelvin Engine
- Mastheads
- Mastro
- Modification of the Stern Deckhouse (Pilothouse)
- Name Choice
- Naxos
- Nikitas Prasinos
- Nikos E. Riginos
- Notis Bilias
- Odysseas, a ship from Ithaca, 1837-1841
- Pachos Papastefanou
- Patriarch Bartholomew
- Perama
- Peter Throckmorton
- Recessed Technique
- Reconstruction of the Ribs
- Re-installation, after the overhaul, of the boat’s Kelvin engine and…
- Removal of the Old Bridge
- Removal of the Old Gunwale
- Re-Nailing
- Replacement of the Gunwale
- Replacement of the Keel
- Rolando Rapues Jr.
- Samiopoula
- Schooner
- Several Places in Greece
- Strati Afaloniati
- Stratis Afaloniatis Lumber Yard
- Submerging the Tree Trunks in the Sea
- Thanasis Dritsoulas
- Τhe Sea Remembers
- Tigraki (Little Tiger)
- Transporting the Tree Trunks from Lesvos
- Trunks are Transported to Mastro-Pachos’ Workshop
- Vasilis E. Riginos
- Vasilis Vallas
- Vasilis Zairopoulos
- Viron E. Riginos
- Yiannis Kakouris
- Yiannis Vlassopoulos
“Faneromeni’s” Engine Compatrment
The Mpekatoros brothers expertly reconditioned the existing Kelvin engine.
When I bought “Faneromeni” her engine looked, to my eyes, terrible. I was under the impression that I would have to replace it with a new engine. In fact, I had decided to do so.
Nevertheless, after I purchased the boat, I invited the mechanic Mr. Antonis Mpekatoros, in whom I had great confidence since we had a long professional relationship, to come to the boat so that we could discuss the new engine (brand, type, horsepower). He told me: “Mr. Niko are you in your right mind to throw away such an engine and replace it with what will surely prove to be an inferior one? This engine is jewel. After a good service this engine will be fine. Such engines are not being made anymore.”
So after this I changed my mind and decided to keep the Kelvin. Mr. Mpekatoros proceeded with the necessary reconditioning tasks.
Perama, Piraeus, April 1987.
(Archive of Nikos E. Riginos)