I've returned to the UK to help my parents following deterioration in my fathers health. This is a full account of my time spent sailing the Med this summer. On 19 August I arrived in Rhodes from Manchester. The Amel, Rhumb Runner, owned by Chris Price, is home for the Med adventure and is berthed in the Mandraki Marina. Rhodes, known as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world because of the statue of Colossos, constructed between 304 and 293BC, is the largest island of the Dodecanese. The construction of Colossus took twelve years and greeted those arriving at the harbour entrance. It represents the sun god Hellos and stood until an earthquake in 226BC. Rhodes stands at the crossroads of the two sea routes of the Med between the Aegean and the coasts
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