Marina Apart Otel
Marmaris, Turkey
Günaydın,
We’ve had a lovely several days! Friday morning we left for a short 2 day cruise as guests on DoraMac. Sunday afternoon we were invited to the apartment of friends for a lovely farewell lunch. This email is part 1 about our cruise to Bozuk Bükü.
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Formerly of DoraMac
Claes and Bertha are experienced sailors. But DoraMac has systems new to them so we went out on a training cruise where they would do all of the work and Randal would stand-by to teach and assist. I had the most relaxing cruise ever as I just had to sit back and watch everyone else do all of the work! The sea was flat and the winds were very light; perfect for a diesel trawler. Our destination was Bozuk Bükü about 27 miles from Marmaris. It is a lovely protected bay where you can tie up to a restaurant dock for the price of an evening meal. We were told to choose the far restaurant if there was room. It’s still early in the season so we found a space along with a half dozen other boats tied or anchored there. It’s a beautiful spot where Claes and Bertha intend to return in August with their children during a month of cruising.
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Practice deploying and retrieving the paravane stabilizers.
Only rough seas call for the stabilizers but Bertha and Claes wanted to learn the process while Randal was there to teach them. They handled it quite easily. While Claes prevented the metal fish from touching the sides of the boat Bertha reeled them in far faster than I ever did without even breaking a sweat. I was truly impressed!!!
I’ve never been able to take photos of this process as Randal and I were too busy doing it ourselves and there isn’t time to stop for photos. |
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Lowering the dinghy and dingy motor Our second morning we left the dock and dropped anchor in the bay. Claes and Bertha wanted to see how we lowered and then re-secured the dinghy.
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Bertha creating gourmet lunches!!!!
Bertha loves to cook and our lunch meals were just wonderful! She and I had made a trip to the Thursday market the day before so there were fresh fruits, vegetables, olives, cheese and herbs for the wonderful dishes she created. Randal’s “welcome aboard” pecan pie was for dessert. |
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Bertha and Claes on their boat DoraMac! We shared the special bottle of wine they’d brought for the occasion just before our celebratory dinner at Neighbors when we returned back to Marmaris. |
