Arriving in Athens, Nikos meets Captain Makis, who contextualises Greece's economic woes and urges him to travel to Kythera and Salamis. There Nikos learns the history of Greece's maritime mastery as well as some surprising family tales.
Nikos takes superferry to Syros, where he goes to work with the Port Police and struggling local shipbuilders. He then travels to Paros and meets a heroic fisherman who helped saved hundreds of lives after a recent ferry crash.
In Naxos, Nikos spends time with the harbourmaster, goes windsurfing and goes sailing with a flamboyant tycoon. After a crazy 24 hours on the party island of Ios, he heads to Amorgos to dive for pirate treasure and visit a famous monastery.
Nikos stays with a Fournoi fishing family, sees first-hand the results of overfishing and confronts the captain of a super trawler. In Samos, Nikos meets renowned wooden boat builders and enjoys a cruise with a most memorable sea captain.
Nikos meets a billionaire shipowner on Oinousses, an island famous for its shipping families. After going on patrol with the Hellenic Coast Guard in Agathonisi, he learns to sail a 50 foot yacht, visiting secluded islands Arki and Lipsi.
After sailing his yacht to Kalymnos to meet the its famous sponge divers, Nikos boards a square-rigged clipper to visit the holy island of Patmos. Returning to Athens, Nikos is reunited with Captain Makis at the Temple of Poseidon.
