The Start of the Carian Coast from Marmaris.
On the 8th August, we had a fabulous sail along the coast and into Marmaris Bay, our plan being to stay on anchor on the fringes, but the wind and swell changed our minds,...
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." — William Arthur Ward, Writer
2018 / Turkey - The Carian Coast
by Chantal & David · Published August 19, 2018 · Last modified January 27, 2020
On the 8th August, we had a fabulous sail along the coast and into Marmaris Bay, our plan being to stay on anchor on the fringes, but the wind and swell changed our minds,...
2018 / Turkey - The Lycian Coast
by Chantal & David · Published August 13, 2018 · Last modified January 27, 2020
With Seaclusion’s crew back to 2, we had a brief wander around the exclusive club that was D-Marin (the posh marina) and then we finally bid farewell to Gocek and its fabulous nooks &...
2018 / Turkey - The Lycian Coast
by Chantal & David · Published August 9, 2018 · Last modified January 27, 2020
So safely tucked up in our tiny “marina” in Fethiye, the guys from M2 rigging arrived to help us resolve our creak once and for all. All 3 of them, we feared this was...
2018 / Turkey - The Lycian Coast
by Chantal & David · Published August 3, 2018 · Last modified January 27, 2020
On the 24th July we left Kalkan intending on heading to Fethiye, but after motoring in a dead calm for 3 hours, the wind finally decided to wake up enough for us to have...
2018 / Turkey - The Lycian Coast
by Chantal & David · Published July 27, 2018 · Last modified January 27, 2020
Saturday 21st July we left Kekova Roads heading westward again to Kalkan, definitely not used to having no wind to sail, we leisurely motored the 27NM along the Turkish coast, arriving at the relatively...
2018 / Turkey - The Lycian Coast
by Chantal & David · Published July 22, 2018 · Last modified January 27, 2020
On the 18th July we departed Kas Marina heading east to Kekova Roads, mixture of motoring and downwind sailing. After battling the winds for so long the peace and quiet with the gentler winds...
2018 / Turkey - The Lycian Coast
by Chantal & David · Published July 21, 2018 · Last modified January 27, 2020
15th July 2018 Well, just before we bid our farewells to Greece & Kastellerizon we decided to go on a small boat trip to the Blue Cave of Kastellerizon, dutifully packing my camera so...
by Chantal & David · Published July 14, 2018 · Last modified January 27, 2020
Finally our weather window arrived for us to cross from Crete to the Karpathian Islands (that is after a brief race with a Swede to grab a mooring in Sitia, our final albeit brief...
First & foremost, we apologise for the length of this blog, but we have been here a while & Crete is the largest of the Greek Islands!!! Anyway, on the 22nd June we departed...
by Chantal & David · Published June 24, 2018 · Last modified January 27, 2020
Sunday 17th June, We set sail for the tiny island of Skhinousa, part of the Little Cyclades on a lovely close haul tack in NW3 winds until they died a couple of hours into...