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Saturday 8^th May

No wind at first so we sorted out the bits and pieces for the new cruising chute for later on. Got away around 9.30am and motored for the first hour before the wind got up a bit. Sailed for a while with two fishing lines being trailed unsuccessfully, then as we cleared a big headland we flew the cruising chute for the first time only to find that we had confused the tack with the clew! Reversed the sheet and tack and bingo we were off like a frightened rabbit. Serafina was soon surging through the sea and a respectable 6.5 knots in just 8 knots of true wind which for fully laden cruising yacht is just the job. We also were able to get to within 60 degrees of the wind which makes the sail exactly what we had wanted.

Sadly the wind soon died away despite  the forecast for a force 5 blow and we ended up motoring the final few miles of our trip today to Tomb Bay in the Gulf of Fethiye. Another nice spot, pretty well protected and we dropped anchor and took a stern line ashore to take up residence in our own cove.

Lunch was the excellent tuna we caught yesterday but you may have noticed that there was no mention of any success today! We all went for a swim and then settled down to do some of the ‘jobs to do’ list. It has to be said that Trevor and Lesley are fast becoming almost indispensible with all their skills and knowledge and we are fast getting to the end of the list, despite Sarah’s best efforts to keep extending it.

Very quiet evening largely spent playing Mexican Train which is a great game vaguely based on dominoes and evidently very popular in the Caribbean where we are headed. Trevor would like you all to know that he won comfortably – Clever Trevor!