Stopped for the night in an idyllic bay in Bestas Limani. Originally only boat in the small bay but later on we were joined by two others for company.Thee is a fresh water spring in bay. George helped us with the line ashore. The only inconvenience was the boats selling ice creams, bread, pastries and pancakes that came by and were very insistent. Their goods very expensive.
We left the bay early with George handling the line ashore. We motored out of the bay and then had a light tail wind so we hoisted the spinnaker. We sailed under spinnaker for 3 hours but our speed dropped so much that if we had continued it would have taken 26 hours to reach Kas! Svein was eventually persuaded to start the engine and we reached the anchorage outside the new Kas Marina at 17.20. We discovered that anchored beside us was Sybaris who had just dropped off guests. As it was St. Hansen (the longest day in the calendar) they invited us over for a typical Swedish dinner.
We took the dinghy to get ashore and took the bus into Kas town. After a pedicure and a few other bits and bops the girls met up with the boys and Tom Erik our Norwegian friend who now lives in Kas and who we had not seen since he left Port Napoleon in 2008. Elly and Caryn did the town whilst the boys went back to the boats. After several hours and a few purchases including a much needed pair of swimming trunks for Svein we went back to the boat to get ready for dinner in town. We met up with Tom Erick and his friends Mark and Darren. Darren was mine of information and helped us plan our tour of the local sights. We picked up the hire car and returned to the boat ready for our adventure the next day.
After our visit of the cultural Kas we arrived at market day. Elly and Caryn visited the market and stocked up on fruit and vegetables. Caryn also bought some scarves for the family in Norway. She made a strawberry cheesecake for dinner with Sybaris and tried her hand at sun drying tomatoes on deck. With the price of tomatoes at 50 cents a kilo it is a pity not to try but we must wait and see how the experiment turns out. Cary took a deserved swim afterwards. Svein visited Tom Erik’s new boat and returned to ours for drinks. As our dinner finished quite late we decided not to visit the concert in the harbour.
Time to leave the anchorage outside Kas Marina and motor to Port Sevento opposite Kas harbour. A truly lovely spot with beach and jetty. We filled with water and washed the deck down at last then spent afternoon on the beach just like a holidaymaker.
Whilst Sybaris left with their guests we decided to stay another day here as it was so peaceful. Svein got out the sewing machine and made a cover for the new outboard. #whilst we were having lunch we saw several calamari swimming round the beach area. We preferred to swim from the boat. Svein took the dinghy into Kas town to get bread and post the cards that had accumulated. It Took him just over 6 minutes to do the journey. Whilst we were at the jetty we were ticked off by an off duty coastguard that our Turkish courtesy flag had to be changed! We are not the only people who have had this experience and it is true that all the Turkish flags on the boats or buildings are always in pristine condition.