Blogs from Gocek, Mediterranean, Turkey, Middle East

Hi, Over the last few days we have sailed up the coast and tonight are in the village of Bozurum. We have spent the last few nights in various bays which have small restaurants were you moor to their jetty and eat at the restaurant. The sailing has been exceptional, with full sail and really whizzing along. Every thing is great with the weather the sailing and the company. I haven't been exploring much but the guys have been out early climbing hills and getting pictures. I don't seem to have the energy as I have had a bit of a bug, which is a bit of a bugger. Nearly back to norm so will be hopefully doing more stuff. We have 2 more weeks to discover what is available so looking forward to what is ... read more

Our last guest this summer was Andy's mum, Jill. But before that we should go back a few weeks. Before Helen and Chris came onboard, we had delivered our 2-year-old netbook to an engineer in a hopeful attempt to fix it. So our first task after they left was to return to Fethiye to discover the result. With no reply on the phone we went to the shop to find it closed. After enquiries we discovered it was Ramadan – just our luck. 3 days later the news was bad, the netbook was dead. We left with the hard drive re-packaged so at least we had all our documents and photos. Within 2 days we had ordered a replacement netbook to be delivered to Leeds – Jill would bring it with her. Other incidents in the ... read more

For a month we sailed quietly through a few Greek Islands and down the Turkish coast. We came to Fethiye to meet up with Tom, Linda and Glen, and then things got busy! We were very excited about havng Tom on board and from the start he took to the boat and everything we did was 'fantastic' - well apart from the pump toilet which he thought was very wierd! Along the way Tom experienced helming, winching, swimming, snorkelling, diving, water skiiing, jet ski, multiple inflatables, water tennis, frisbee, fender racing, being towed behind the boat on a rope, driving the dinghy, rowing the dinghy and so much more. We swam around an underwater town and visited a roman amphitheatre, and he even saw 2 shooting stars when we were star gazing at night on the ... read more