The Greek champion - VARIETY VOYAGER – united the Black Sea by visiting 10 ports in 5 countries / Photographic coverage

11:26 21.05.2013

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VARIETY VOYAGER in Novorossiysk on May 14, 2013. Picture by Igor Torgachkin

Andrei Klimenko, BlackSeaNews

On 2013-05-19, at approximately 05:30 (LT) the cruise yacht VARIETY VOYAGER, going from Nesebar to Istanbul, left the Black Sea for the Bosporus, making a short stop in Istanbul from 08:00 till 10:00, and entered the Marble Sea.

Thus the 2013 Black sea cruise season of this vessel is over. At present this Greek yacht is the absolute champion of the 2013 season in the Black Sea, both in the number of ports, called in the course of a single cruise - 10, and the total number of the Black Sea port calls - 20.

It seems like VARIETY VOYAGER will maintain this leadership until the next pretender. By now, according to the known cruise schedules, another Greek cruise yacht of the same company - GARMONY G - may become the next absolute Black Sea cruise champion of 2013. In July and August 2013 it will carry out 4 Black Sea cruises in a row, and each of them will have 12 (!) calls in the ports of 6 countries...

But these are the perspectives for the future. And now we would like to summarize the operations of VARIETY VOYAGER in the Black Sea. And will also devote a photographic coverage to it, made on May 14, 2013 in Novorossiysk by our friend and colleague – well-known marine photographer Igor Torgachkin, and on May 15, 2013 in Yalta – by BSNews.

VARIETY VOYAGER: Ship type: Yacht. Year built: 2012. Length and breadth: 68 m X 12 m. Gross Tonnage: 1593. Speed recorded (Мax/Average): 12.6 / 12.5 knots. Flag: Malta [MT]. Call Sign: 9HA3073. IMO: 9657090, MMSI: 229104000.

Immersion: 3.5 m. Crew: 32. Passanger capasity: 72. Owner and oprerator: Variety Cruises. Home port: Valletta. Class society: Registro Italiano Navale. Build year: 2012. Builder: Psarros Shipyard - Athens, Greece.

Cruise Shedule

Date	Day	Ship	Pass.	Country	Port	Arrival	Departure

27 Apr 2013	Sat	Variety Voyager	72	TR	Bartin	6:40	16:30
28 Apr 2013	Sun	Variety Voyager	72	TR	Samsun	6:00	15:00
29 Apr 2013	Mon	Variety Voyager	72	TR	Trabzon	7:00	?
30 Apr 2013	Tue	Variety Voyager	72	GEO	Batumi	7:30	20:00
01 May 2013	Wed	Variety Voyager	72	RU	Sochi	8:00	23:00
02 May 2013	Thu	Variety Voyager	72	RU	Novoros	8:00	17:00
03 May 2013	Fri	Variety Voyager	72	UA	Yalta	8:00	24:00
04 May 2013	Sat	Variety Voyager	72	UA	Sevastopol	7:00	18:00
05 May 2013	Sun	Variety Voyager	72	UA	Odessa	8:30	14:00
06 May 2013	Mon	Variety Voyager	72	BG	Nessebar	15:00	20:00

09 May 2013	Thu	Variety Voyager	72	TR	Bartin	7:00	15:00
10 May 2013	Fri	Variety Voyager	72	TR	Samsun	7:00	15:00
11 May 2013	Sat	Variety Voyager	72	TR	Trabzon	7:00	?
12 May 2013	Sun	Variety Voyager	72	GEO	Batumi	7:30	20:00
13 May 2013	Mon	Variety Voyager	72	RU	Sochi	8:00	23:00
14 May 2013	Tue	Variety Voyager	72	RU	Novoros	8:00	17:00
15 May 2013	Wed	Variety Voyager	72	UA	Yalta	8:00	24:00
16 May 2013	Thu	Variety Voyager	72	UA	Sevastopol	7:00	18:00
17 May 2013	Fri	Variety Voyager	72	UA	Odessa	8:30	14:00
18 May 2013	Sat	Variety Voyager	72	BG	Nessebar	15:00	20:00

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VARIETY VOYAGER in Novorossiysk on May 14, 2013. Picture by Igor Torgachkin

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VARIETY VOYAGER in Yalta on May 15, 2013. Picture by Andrei Kimenko, BSNews

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