Kekova
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Steve & Chris
Sat 15 May 2010 15:37
36:11.732N
29:50.918E
Well, we managed to
diesel up without trouble and the engine seems to be purring happily
now.
The Rally boats
arrived and it was good to see some familiar faces again - Michael and Carin
from Windjammer, Roger and Sasha from Ednbal and a few others from Marmaris
Yacht Marine and Jacky and Rob from Arwen whom we have not seen since Rally
Portugal. Beers on the pontoon seemed a good way to catch up with each
other's news.
On Thursday Pete
& Mary went off on the Dalyan River trip, visiting ancient Caunos and the
mud baths.
Popeye among the
ancient
ruins. Taking
a rest in ancient
Caunos.
On the way to the shower after a mud bath!
As we have done this
trip before, we stayed on board and did a few jobs then ran ashore in the rib to
settle the marina bill and pick up something for supper.
In the evening there
was a Cocktail party with drinks and finger food and an opportunity to meet
folk from other boats. We looked very smart in our crew polo shirts which
gained several compliments, but we didn't manage to get a team photo. That will
follow. It was not a late finish though,because we would be setting off early
(04:30) on Friday morning for Kekova.
As planned we
slipped our moorings shortly after 04:30 and motored out of the Gulf of Fethiye
as dawn broke over the hills. With nil wind from any direction we motored
until midday when a few knots of wind sprang up from behind. We motor
sailed for a while in the hope it would pick up enough to sail the required
average 5 knots to get us to Kekova early evening, but when the wind stayed at
around 10 knots we decided to use the cruising chute. This gave us a
comfortable 5-6 knots so we turned the engine off and enjoyed a cracking sail,
changing the cruising chute for the twin headsails when we turned the corner and
had the wind immediately behind us.
The cruising
chute and some of the rally boats
ahead
Mary sunning it on the aft deck.
We arrived at Kekova
early evening and tied up on the jetty. We were soon dressed overall and
enjoying a cold beer on deck.
Steve cooked supper
of tandoori chicken kebabs on the barbecue and later we joined the rest of our
group for a drink in one of the waterfront restaurants.
This morning we took
a trip to visit the castle and to see the underwater ruins through a
glass-bottomed boat. Then lunch of gozleme was followed by a trip across
the bay in the rib and a cooling swim off the rocks.
Kekova
Castle Gozleme
being rolled out with one cooking on the stove
behind. Time
to cool off with a swim, and then explore the
rockpools.
Tomorrow morning we
set off at a civilised time to sail the 18 miles to Finike - the shortest leg of
the Rally.