Day 1. Tue 31 Jul 2012 Well not exactly Day 1 as we spent that day travelling, or the next as that was spent sorting out various mechanical issues, and the next day too, and the one after that – you kinda get the picture. Anyway I suppose today is sailing Day 1. We left Bozburun at about 1200 and headed west...ish. Expecting heavy winds and lee-rails under all started well. A steady 15 knots and Fabiola was in her element. 6.5 knots upwind and full main and genoa in flat seas – perfect. The wind dropped at around 1530 we find ourselves heading into a Turkish anchorage. Greek and Turkish islands are smattered around each other with some being Greek and some Turkish – it all stems from the divisions created
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