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 […]
Autumn Cruise 2021, Marmaris to Symi. Read More »
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
Marmaris, life in the boatyard. Read More »
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,
Sailing into Türkiye. Read More »
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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We had to round Akra Maleas (Cape Maleas) to proceed further East. The seas around the cape can be treacherous and difficult to navigate, most famously described in the Odyssey. Homer describes how, after the sacking of Troy, Odysseus on his return home to Ithaca rounds Cape Maleas only to be blown off course, resulting
Aug 25, 11.00 am we set sail for the 310 nautical miles to the Peloponnisos in Greece and dropped anchor on Aug 27 @ 02.30 pm in the bay East of Methoni, averaging a little over 6 kts. The trip went fine on a port tack with the wind at 60 degrees. However there were
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In Menorca we waited for stable weather for the 230 miles sail to Malfatano in the South of Sardinia. The Tramontana wind blows from the South of France in South Easterly direction along the coast of Sardinia and on to Sicily. Too much wind and the swell gets uncomfortable. Too less and the sailing is
Skimming past Italy. Read More »