I
had a really good long night’s sleep, but still woke up rather groggy. I think it is the heat. So we had a nice swim before breakfast
to cool us off.
We
were slow to get moving. Mike and
Julia came over in their dinghy to say goodbye. They were going north to Datca. We are going back south to Bozburun. The weather forecast is for some wind,
although it might not be in the right direction. So in hope we put up the mainsail. Much to our surprise and delight there is wind. But if we were to sail direct to
Bozburun, it would be on the nose.
However, we must detour out to sea to dump our holding tank, so we are
able to tack and sail. The wind
starts at only about 9 knots, but soon builds to 15-17 knots in line with the
forecast Mike got. We are going
very nicely. Again our new clean
bottom is making a lot of difference and we are doing 6 knots. However as is usual the wind continues
to build. It is what Richard is
calling an Ealing (W5- westerly force 5), and now we are doing 7 knots or
better. Then it starts to gust
20-22 knots and we are doing 8 knots. At this point I am getting a bit nervous. We should be taking in a reef with this
wind, but of course it is only gusts.
When we finally get far enough out we dump the tank and turn towards
Bozburun. Now the wind, still at
the top of a 5 and gusting 6 is from behind and we are having a very pleasant
romping sail all the way to port.
When
we get to the bay the wind is still blowing at about 15 knots. But the sea is flat and we have no
trouble taking down the sails and getting prepared to go in to the harbour. We were hoping to moor where we were
the other night, next to Osman’s restaurant, not least because we could use
their showers, toilets and WiFi.
But the harbour master is insistent that we should go on the other side
of the harbour, and as we are not regulars we can only comply. Later Richard speaks to the harbour
master who explains that a rally is coming in and have reserved the spaces we
were hoping to go into. We manage
to get the anchor down in the place we are told and are tied up.
Even
though there is a good breeze, it is still terribly hot, over 30C. So we decide to take Julia’s advice and
find a café on the sea front that has a terrace with a bathing platform. However we cannot find anything
suitable. All the bathing
platforms seem to belong to pensiones and apartments, not cafes. Many only have seats in the sun. Finally we find a couple of beds near
an umbrella and negotiate a fee of 20 lire to sit there for the next couple of
hours. We buy an ice cream from
the local supermarket across the way and then have a swim. When we get out despite the fact that
the water is like a bath, with the wind we are quite cold! I even have goose bumps. It doesn’t last for long though, but we
are comfortable sitting here until after 6pm.
So
back towards the boat. We can’t
decide if we want to eat out. We
ate out yesterday and I have food on the boat. However, it really is too hot to cook, so we have a drink at
Osman’s and then make reservations for dinner.
Back
on the boat it is even hotter and now the wind has completely disappeared. So we shower aboard. We have trouble with the
electricity. We plugged in on
arrival and it was working fine.
However when we get back we find our line has been taken out of the
socket. When I try to put it back
it blows the whole unit. I finally
find someone from the harbour to look at it. He doesn’t know much English, but understands ‘electricity’. He comes over and puts our plug into
his own extension lead. Despite
this every time he plugs it in, it trips the whole unit. We aren’t running much and we changed
all our wires two years ago, so I can’t believe it is our system. It turns out it isn’t. He plugs us into a unit some way away
and it is fine. So we can now
charge everything up!
We
have a very nice dinner at Osmans.
We have starters and Richard orders chilli peppers in yoghurt. It is so hot we drink through nearly
two litres of water!
Back
here on the boat it is still very hot.
Even here in the cockpit, I am dripping in sweat. But I suppose we will sleep.
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