A few photos below.  The first is a typical ‘aqua-luna night’ of the full moon whilst I was on night watch.  David Saunders and Donald Hughes doing the washing up after dinner.  Sunset from the cockpit and sunrise from the cockpit.  

A view of the marina in  Bodrum from the Castle, the bay where we dropped anchor on our arrival at 3 a..m. The Castle of St. John’s knights, Donald and Jonathan having their moment behind an old Roman statue…..

The engineers are coming this afternoon to replace the solenoid of the engine gear box and so we hope to leave for some wonderful day sailing and dropping anchor in beautiful bays as we head up to Istanbul on Friday.  We have found a great market selling beautiful fruit and vegetables so we will go there either tonight or early tomorrow to shop.

It is so very hot so we have had the luxury of having the A/C on at night in our cabin, bliss.

A few more things to do with galley set up or domestic set up.  I have found the Dyson Animal vacuum great for cleaning very easily around the yacht and it is compact enough to stow away and I had a plug put in the cupboard so that I can keep it on charge.

Le Cruset Silicone round mats are great for hot pans on the surface and as non slip mats in the galley.

Metal mugs by ISOsteel for when at sea and I have some lovely china mugs for use at anchor or in port.

Easy Yo Yogurt Maker is brilliant, obtainable from Lakelands, for making fresh yogurt easily everyday or every few days.

I bought some lovely nautical, shell sea theme, drying up clothes from Zara home wear at a very good price.

Microfibre clothes for every use glass, steel, kitchen and bathroom are brilliant.

Just dying to get sailing and explore..