On Oct 03, 2021 we set sail for the 14 hour (70 Nm) to Kas. To ensure arrival well before sunset we left at 02.00 am. The common wind pattern in the area during night and morning is as forecasted. However in the afternoon the wind can easily pipe up to 10+ knots MORE that […]
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The following morning of our Rhodes island explore we drove to the Kallithea Springs on the East coast. The reddish water springing from the rock formations in the bay attracted visitors as early as 800 BC. In 300 BC the curative properties of the water were discovered and “Spa tourism” was born. The entrance of
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On Sep 22, 2021 we set sail for Rhodes. With 20+ knots it was a windy passage but with a first reef in the main and full staysail the boat was well balanced for a fast beam reach to our destination. 22 Nm from Panormitis to Rhodes Rounding the Northern tip of Rhodes island with
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Living on board our old boat in Yat Marin. In September 2021 it would be 5 years since we brought our old boat into Türkiye and 5 years is the maximum period allowed in the country without having to pay tax on the boat. We had to leave the territorial waters of Türkiye for at
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Marmaris has a vast yachting support industry and it is an excellent location to get boat work done. All required trades are available. A perfect location to restore our old boat (see; https://www.twobatsea.com/shipping-disaster/). As you can see, we were not the only one. Yat Marine yard, packed to the brim with yachts undergoing maintenance. All kinds
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This blog is not about our travels but rather about the disaster with our old boat and how we dealt with it. It is a story about boat restoration. When we decided to stop working we initially decided to keep our old boat in the Mediterranean with the idea to spend the summer months on
After the eruption of Mount Erciyes about 2.6 million years ago, ash and lava formed soft rocks (tuff stone) in the Cappadocia Region, covering an area off about 20,000 square kilometres. The softer rock was eroded by wind and water, leaving the hard cap-rock on top of pillars, forming the present-day fairy chimneys (also called tent
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Physcos was the historical (Hellenistic) name for present day Marmaris. The name Marmaris is derived from marmaron (Greek for marble) and was assigned by the Ottomans around 1300 AD. Marmaris bay at the Turkish Riviera Marmaris is a resort town and its economy depends mainly on tourism. During tourist season the population swells from around
We positioned the boat in Marathounda bay on the East coast of Symi island to have a better position to catch favourable winds when going further East. On Oct 10, 2020 at sunrise, we left Symi, and Greece, and Europe, for the 35 Nm to Marmaris in Turkey. Leaving Marathounda bay and Symi, and Europe,
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The name “Dodecanese”, meaning “The Twelve Islands”, denotes today an island group in the southeastern Aegean Sea, comprising fifteen major islands. When Greece was established as an independent sovereign state in 1830, after the war of independence from the Ottomans, the Dodecanese islands were left outside the Kingdom of Greece. The Italians had control over
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