ELAFONISOS (ΕΛΑΦΟΝΗΣΟΣ)
-Elafonisos-Christina Cruise
Built in 1989 (age 35). Registered in Chania. Current line: None (under refit in Zakynthos)
The small passenger boat ELAFONISOS was built in 1989 in Greece, as the MEVE for the Greek company Gialinakis Shipping. She began service on the Palaiochora-Sougia line on Southwestern Crete. In 1992 she was renamed ELAFONISOS and was deployed on the the Palaiochora-Elafonisi line, performing daily cruises connecting Crete with the small island of Elafonisi. She renamed in this service for the next 20 years, until she was sold to Agia Marina I NE. She was employed on the Paros-Antiparos line, operating under the Antiparos Lines brandname. She operated there until 2014. The following year, with the arrival of the newly-built ANTIPAROS STAR, she was sold to the Zakynthos-based company Elafonisos-Christina Cruise. The latter deployed her on the Ionian Sea, on the Zakynthos-Marathonisi line.
PHOTOS (2021):
The ELAFONISOS seen in Laganas in Zakynthos, about to head towards Marathonisi (8/2021).