We finally leave the Marina!
Ile Jeudi
Bob and Lin Griffiths
Tue 7 Jun 2011 14:20
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Tuesday 7 June 2011
Having arrived in Marmaris a over 4
weeks ago on 8 May we finally left the marina yesterday around
4.30pm. Things had taken longer than usual because we had had the rigging
replaced and had both been ill. We managed to get lots of things done but
even so we were itching to get moving. We need to cross the whole of
the Mediterranean this year and get to the Canary Islands by the end of
September.
We intended just to sail the few miles across the
bay to the anchorage off Marmaris town and test the rigging but after a short
while we noticed that we had no readings from the wind instruments. All
other instruments were fine. We decided to continue motoring
instead. This must be something to do with the mast being taken off and I
suspected that I hadn't put the wind indicator back properly at the
masthead. This will need a trip up the mast.
I had managed yesterday to speak to 'Ersoy' who had
serviced our oven last year (this is not easy as he has less English than I
have Turkish). We had not used the oven last year after he had
reinstalled it and suspected the poor flame was something to do with the
service. I collected Ersoy from the 'Ataturk' dock in Marmaris and brought
him back on board. After dismantling various components and not getting
anywhere I noticed that there is a small pinhead sized hole in the gas supply to
the oven. The pipework had been spray painted by Ersoy at the end of the
service and it looked like the hole was partly covered with paint. We
opened the hole with a paper clip and tried the oven. Voila! Proper
cooking type flames.
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