Küçük Kuyruk
Our division of the
route back to Marmaris can hardly be described as challenging; today's task was
a passage of just 12 miles. A late start seemed in order, if only to try to
give the wind a chance to get going. As a result of that logic we left Gemiler Adası at 11am but, in hindsight,
should have delayed even more because we got just 40 minutes of sailing.
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Küçük Kuyruk |
The Law of Sod was in
force because just as we came into Küçük Kuyruk there was wind. We could have
pressed on towards Marmaris but we are comfortably on our timeline and we like
the anchorage at Küçük Kuyruk and so decided to stay. The
wind was being funnelled down the narrow bay which meant that we really wanted
to moor stern to the wind at the head of the bay, however, that area was
already full with 3 yachts. That committed us to mooring with the wind on the
starboard beam; the wrong side for BV's prop kick. We laid out the anchor
chain, set the anchor and got into the right position without a hitch, Nicky
was securing the line and I was just taking in the slack in the the chain when
Nicky signalled that the strop was slipping off the rock. Much to the confusion
of the charter yacht just commencing his mooring run close by us, I had to
motor out a little and turn through nearly 90 degrees to set up for going
backwards again whilst at the same time waving at him to continue his approach.
Meanwhile Nicky was swimming and holding tension on the mooring line so that it
didn't get caught on our prop. After backing up once more she was able to get
the line secured to a different, better shaped rock. All was completed with
barely a minor blip in our heart rates and so we concluded that a season
practicing this style of mooring has been beneficial. The only potential danger
now is over confidence but fortunately we know that sailing has a nasty habit
of making things go embarrassingly wrong (usually in front of a big crowd of
critical 'sailing experts') if there is even the slightest hint of over
confidence. We shall remain cautiously optimistic and hope that our mooring
skills do not get too rusty over the winter.
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Küçük Kuyruk |
The end of the sailing
season definitely feels to be upon us. We have spent some time drawing up a
number of lists: jobs to do to put BV 'to bed' for the winter; winter shopping
lists for parts; jobs for the beginning of next season; and packing lists. We
have a couple of days still to go but then it will be 'all go' to leave BV in
good order and fly home.
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Küçük Kuyruk, Turkey |
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