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 a huge school of fish that swam circles around us as we floated.
Anthony Quinn Bay
Still fishless since we left the UK, Nigel tried to catch some off Kerensa. The water was so clear we could see the fish circling the lure/hook but going no closer. Incredibly frustrating and we put the rod away, still fishless. We had a short sail from there into Rhodes marina to drop the boys off and reprovision, not before heading into town to experience the sights of Rhodes and some nightlife. The boys headed off to do their own thing while Amanda and Nigel ended up in a bar taking the mickey out of an Audi salesman whilst his gorgeous Indian girlfriend laughed along. A good night was had by all, Nigel and Amanda surprised the boys by getting back to the boat later than them, around 3am, proving we still have it when it matters!
We said goodbye to the boys that morning and spent another day touring Rhodes and the spectacular Grand Masters Castle.
Knights Street
Inside the Grand Masters Castle
Heading over to return to Marmaris, from where we left in February, we were a day early and dropped the hook in a bay 7nm from town for 2 nights. We were not allowed ashore as we weren't checked in, this wasn't a hardship as the rain was back. Checking in later was simple, with no questions as to where we had been since leaving Rhodes, and we anchored in Marmaris bay. What a change since we left in February!! The coastline is now lit up with the lights from bars and there's a boom, boom all evening until the early hours, thankfully we are far enough offshore for it not to bother us. Marmaris is full of chandleries and yacht service shops, which was fortunate as the day we were supposed to leave the zip broke on our lazybag (sail cover). We were able to run it ashore and will have it back in 24hrs with new, better quality zips in place. We had replaced the zip in Tunisia so this has only lasted 9 months. Hopefully the YKK version will last longer.
The upside of this delay was that we were able to put some beers in the dinghy and head over to the start line of a yacht race, part of the International Mediterranean Cup. It's good to see that there's much more shouting on the start line than in your average Laser race.....and you still get barging at the committee boat end!!
The Start
We are leaving tomorrow to head North and meet up again with Whitstable YC members and possibly the couple from Dash that we met in Astypalea at Easter.
