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Marmaris back towards Bozburun, Sperm whale sighting!
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Marmaris back towards Bozburun, Sperm whale sighting!

27/06/2025 27/06/2025 | written by Kerensa

Last week we were ready to leave Marmaris after our repairs, nearly a week later and we hadn't left. A night ashore, stinking hot weather (41 degrees was seen on the thermometer), no wind and a feelin ...

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Bozburun to Marmaris for repairs
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Bozburun to Marmaris for repairs

21/06/2025 21/06/2025 | written by Kerensa

We headed out early Sunday morning to meet up with the rigger on Monday. The sail to Marmaris was fun, being the only time we had any decent wind for two weeks. A short beat followed by a reach in 20k ...

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Bodrum to Bozburun with WYC visitors
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Bodrum to Bozburun with WYC visitors

15/06/2025 15/06/2025 | written by Kerensa

We have missed a week and a bit on the blog due to having 2 sets of friends on board for a week each. Firstly we picked Mike Oliver from WYC up in Bodrum, Kerensa arrived at the pick up point the eve ...

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Datcha to Bodrum via Gulf of Gokova
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Datcha to Bodrum via Gulf of Gokova

01/06/2025 01/06/2025 | written by Kerensa

We left Datca in no wind, engine and watermaker on. After a couple of hours we hoisted the sails only for the wind to drop again. As we approached the headland where we visited Knidos last year the wi ...

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Orhaniye to Datca - normal service resumed!
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Orhaniye to Datca - normal service resumed!

25/05/2025 25/05/2025 | written by Kerensa

Once settled in Orhaniye we went ashore for a beer with crews from Dash and Lysander who joined us from the other bay where they were doing a bit of wingfoiling. whilst having a beer we planned our wa ...

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Bencik to Sig Limani - broadsided by strong winds when stern to.
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Bencik to Sig Limani - broadsided by strong winds when stern to.

19/05/2025 19/05/2025 | written by Kerensa

Our plans to head North from Bencik changed with a weather forecast of 30+ knts from the SE in a couple of days. There aren't many places to hide from a SE wind on the Datcha peninsular, so after a 4 ...

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Marmaris to Bencik
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Marmaris to Bencik

13/05/2025 13/05/2025 | written by Kerensa

Very much in slow mode this week, enjoying the sun and sea....... We left Marmaris after exploring the bars and nightlife along the shore the evening before, and after refitting our sail bag with it ...

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Lindos, Rhodes to Marmaris Turkey
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Lindos, Rhodes to Marmaris Turkey

05/05/2025 05/05/2025 | written by Kerensa

We arrived in Rhodes town via a lunch stop in Anthony Quinn bay, named after the actor who bought up the land around the bay. It's really beautiful and we enjoyed Snorkeling and getting surrounded by ...

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Astypalea to Rhodes
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Astypalea to Rhodes

27/04/2025 27/04/2025 | written by Kerensa

We had a long, 10hr, passage from Astypalea to Amenia en route to pick up Amanda's youngest and friend from the SW tip of Rhodes. We arrived at the island of Amenia at dusk, dropped the hook, ate and ...

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Finikas, Syros to Astypalaea for Easter
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Finikas, Syros to Astypalaea for Easter

20/04/2025 20/04/2025 | written by Kerensa

We left Finikas with a 10knt northerly pushing us south towards Delos Island, just off Mykonos. We arrived in the early afternoon in a secluded bay about 1nm from the visitors centre and immediately j ...

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  • So lovely to spend time with you both! Sounds like a hairy trip to Syracusa though! Xx
    on Corfu to Syracusa, Sicily
  • Scary thunderstorms, glad you made it through. Big thanks for having us all on board. It was great fun. Enjoy Sicily & Malta
    on Corfu to Syracusa, Sicily
  • Hi David, great to hear from you and thanks for reading the blog. We are actually leaving Greece tomorrow heading for Tunisia via Sicily and Malta. Ve ...
    on Argostoli to Corfu - Outboard fuel issues
  • Good to read the blogs, I still think Greece was my favourite cruising area. I agree boatwork always seems to take an age, and the part you need, espe ...
    on Argostoli to Corfu - Outboard fuel issues
  • Know that area well. Did 2 week flotilla around there 28 years ago with 3 days storm bound in Vasiliki harbour. Andrea spent whole day heaving up in ...
    on Zante to Vathiavali (mainland Greece)
  • Thanks PK, looking forward to seeing you both.
    on Around the Peloponese, We catch a huge fish!
  • A great read. Love hearing about the adventures and sundowners!
    on Around the Peloponese, We catch a huge fish!
  • Great to meet up with you two in Whitstable. Dinghy racing here 😀
    on Into Greece again! Bozburun to Kos
  • Hi David, good to hear from you. Yes, Schengen has caught up with us and we had to come back to the UK for a couple of weeks. When we get back we will ...
    on Slow cruising Bozburun area
  • Look’s idyllic. The complexity of transit paperwork, doesn’t seem fun, hopefully it doesn’t impact your options for cruising. Brexit gave you restrict ...
    on Slow cruising Bozburun area

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