Last week in Turkey

We went out for a short 4 day trip, leaving Marmaris on Saturday 15th and arriving back on Tues 18th. The weather on Saturday was still beautiful, and we enjoyed a very hot lunch stop on our way out, which turned out to be my last swim of the whole trip. The weather however, did not last and by mooring up time on Sunday it was raining heavily, a situation that continued through to Monday lunchtime. After that it did clear up but with a very strong and very cold wind.

The short trip was reasonably eventful as we had another disturbed night on Saturday night. We had decided to free swing in quite a small bay and the wind when it arrived was not from the expected direction, so manoeuvring by moonlight was required. On Sunday we caught our second fish of the whole journey. We make a reasonable team, as I get freaked out by killing it but am fine on the gutting, where as Phil is fine with the killing and not very happy about the chopping. So all in all we get there. We had a beautiful meal in a beach restaurant on Monday night and motored passed Rod Heikell, who was sailing out of the Marmaris bay, on the way home on Tuesday.

We tried really hard not to think about the short time remaining but could not help looking back over the trip. I found it very hard not to be grumpy and Phil suffered my ill temper with good grace.

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The drainage in the lower field

What could you do with three cans of green gunk, a tub of Vaseline, gaffer tape, some cling film, bin bags, cardboard, and a power drill? We insulated our fridge. Right now, it looks like a Complete Bloody Mess. Today we learned that Bavaria insulate the sides and the bottoms of the fridge boxes with similar polyurethane gunk. Who'd have thought? Of course, we'd removed the compressor and drilled a couple of holes before we discovered this. Anyway, we're now convinced that the heat mostly was escaping through the wafer-thin top of the fridge, which makes sense as there's often sunlight directly onto the dark work surface. Tomorrow, Sara will attack the gunk with a bread knife and some sandpaper and it should come up nicely.

Launch Day!

Yesterday Grace got wet. Four boats went in yesterday: Cloud 9, Iona, Gabriella, and Grace of Lefkas. All were launched using a traditional method involving smoking, hammers, occasional shouting, and impressive skill. Kyriakos, who runs the operation, knows the dimensions of all the boats in his yard and adjusts the launch sledge by eye. Launch Day! Considering the amount of standing around, it was an exciting and exhausting day.

Greek logistics work after all

The new alternator arrived on this morning's first ferry. Look at the shiny-shiny: I had to swap the pulley for one the right size, but otherwise its all fine. - Phil

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