We were up early gently got ready to leave. We hoisted the anchor and made our way out of the bay heading for Orhaniye. We had head winds until we were out of the bay and had rounded the head going North but we were able to open the genoa and hoist the main and mizzen. The wind did not last long so we lowered the main and continued motor sailing. We continued in this way until we entered Orhaniye bay after 3 and a half hours on the move. The first thing we saw was Sybaris still in the water. We anchored near them outside the marina. They were waiting to be lifted out so whilst they were called we saw Charisma sailing past and had a quick chat with them. They will be returning to Orhaniye in the middle of next week.

Once Sybaris was on land we went in to join them and brought them their dinghy. We visited the marina and had a cooling drink in the restaurant. The next day was very windy so we stayed on the boat but Elly and Per came to dinner on board.

We had arranged with Elly to go and visit Marmaris which is a short 30 minute bus ride from Orhaniye. We had prepared our shopping list and at 08h45 we met up and walked (up the steep hill) to the bus stop. We dolmus duly arrived and we began our journey to Marmaris taking in the scenery on the route. After the short trip we were dropped off and began our guided tour of the town. Elly is an excellent guide and we were soon checking out the shops and buying. We visited electrical shops and chandlers but also found time to explore the hardware stores and the bazaar. We took time out to eat a traditional Turkish lunch and once we had finished the food shopping finished off with a Turkish ice cream before getting the dolmus back to the marina thoroughly worn out from the day. Pictures

Svein immediately started installing the items he had bought in Marmaris. He installed the fittings for the spinnaker. He also scraped the waterline on one side of the boat as a slimy beard had started to form. As the water was a bit bumpy he decided to wait for calmer water before tackling the other side. In the afternoon we took the dinghy ashore and whilst Svein checked out the work he would help Per with Caryn went to the marina “beach” and read in the sun and swam.

Whilst Per and Svein worked on Sybaris Elly and Caryn took the dolmus into Marmaris. They got the telephones sorted out and then window shopped. The main aim of the trip was to get Elly’s hair cut. They duly found a hairdresser and whilst Elly was under the scissors Caryn had her eyebrows threaded and then continued with some waxing. Once out of the salon they then decided to have a pedicure so returned and had that done and finally whilst Elly had a manicure Caryn had her hair trimmed. All in all a few very well spent and thoroughly enjoyable.

Per and Svein’s turn to take a trip to Marmaris to find items needed for the boats. A dull day with even some rain but perfect to tidy up the boat and prepare the laundry.

Another visit to Marmaris with Elly where we played tourists. We visited the permanent market as well as the tourist bazaar and water front.

Saturday is market day in Orhaniye so we took the opportunity of visiting the jetty installations and having a coffee with Charisma. The market is small but very well stocked and at last we found some shorts for Svein that were a perfect fit so lets hope he can keep them clean and not decide to work on boats in them! Pictures

We really like this area and will shortly move from the anchorage outside the marina down to the jetty at the head of the bay.