38 32.01N 026 21.62E - Eğri Limanı - 3 M ay 2012 - No Longer Aground!!!

Yachtforeverfreedom
Thu 3 May 2012 14:02
Up at 0500 as usual and preparing to get the boat unstuck by 0600.  Peter rowed the Fortress Kedge Anchor out 3 times to try and haul us off, but it kept jamming up with weed.  He then rowed out a very long rope to a buoy we had passed on the way in, but we still couldn't winch-off.  Next he rowed our Manson storm anchor (all 60 lbs of it) over to the beach but that dragged in the fine sandy mud and would not hold; finally he rowed the Manson out again to the same beach but jammed it behind a rock back from the water - still no luck; stuck fast.  Finally, a Knight in Shining Armour (below) arranged for a large fishing boat to come and haul us out of where we were stuck aground. About 1330, this huge powerful steel boat arrived from the nearby fish-farm, where it drags the fish cages to new spots when the sea bed gets too foul under them; making a noise like a Squadron of Challenger Tanks - quick couple of turns of the rope we passed him around the towing bitts on the bows and we were off in no time - a huge relief.  Now anchored in the same inlet, but in 10 meters of water!!!