Heading to Dalisa bay today. Woke early again, mosque alarm clock pretty persistant!! Had a drink and breakfast before 08.00 hrs in antiipation of the day ahead. First to check out of the marina, 25 euro per night, 75 euro total = 242 Turkish Lira. Not bad considering we had lots of assistance, water and shore power. Next step ring agent, he will meet us at jetty next to coastguard pontoon. Managed to leave the marina, motor round the corner and find the jetty. Now just need to pull in alongside!!! Our agent and his friend were there to help. We assumed we would drop anchor, reverse and tie up against the pontoon. Wrong ......... we were to tie up alongside, sounds easy until you see the pontoon!! it was only 15 ft long with a massive ferry pulling in behind us :( They literally ran us through the terminal as the Rhodes ferry was disembarking with 100 people requiring customs and passport check in too. So very speedily we were cleared out of Turkey, passports stamped and our "charter vehicle" is now officially our private yacht :) Waving goodbye to the agent, we released our ropes and motored away from the jetty. Next leg of the journey to Dalissa bay began at 09.15, initially on the engine, virtually no wind at all. Travelled for a couple of hours this way. One yacht following us most of the way, sails tightly packed in their lazy jacks. Naval vessel nearby, no doubt doing their early morning rounds. Noticed a helicopter too, which proceeded to land on the back of the vessel, amazing, wish I had the camera to hand! Gradually rounding the headland we came into some wind, enough to sail gently, so .......... off with the engine and we were sailing :) Such an amazing feeling, around 14- 16 knots of wind with gusts of around 20 knots. Travelled comfortably, heeling over just enough. Travelled 23 n.m turning back to engine for the last hour as the wind was on the bow. Arrived around 3pm set the anchor in 10 meters and wow, what a beautiful bay 6.7 knots maximum speed today which was great. 5 hours of sailing. Fishing line out trawling most is the way, unfortunately, just as we were arriving at our destination, we noticed the line was taught, and it snapped as Kevin attempted to retrieve it :( lost a decent sized fish and a whole reel of line! Kevin decides he wants to explore in the rib, so engine attached, lines free and we are off, a few shots of the boat taken and up to the north end of the bay. A few fishing boats and their owners, fine tuning their nets ready for the evening catch and an older couple fishing from a makeshift jetty were to be found. There was a restaurant, closed at present, but no doubt will be dusted off, painted and scrubbed ready for the new season. On returning to 'Kejstral' we put out a few hand lines, a few nibbles felt then nothing for the rest of the evening. I began tea, cottage pie, ate around 6 pm. Showered, had really hot water which was fantastic. We then settled out in the cockpit with a cuppa, Kevin looking at our route for the morning and me, well writing this. Suddenly we hear a very powerful boat engine nearby and looked round to see the coastguard boat flashing a blue light on its way to us :( he tied up alongside us and quizzed us for a while, checked our paperwork then left, happy with our story! Just as well really, we don't need any more holdups or hassle this trip. 20.15 hours we were alone in our blissful bay, with a raki in hand (Turkish drink) feeling very content that all was well.
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