In this episode we leave the great anchorage at the entrance to the Gocek Marine Area and head on in to the park itself. It is so hot, one of the reasons we ...
Leave to Roam
Whilst we were enjoying Cesme the famous Meltemi had chased us out, and we had sailed around the corner to anchor off a popular holiday beach for a few days. ...
Cesme would be our last town in Turkey and we wanted to make the most of it. In a few days the Meltemi was due to set in howeverand Cesme would not be a good ...
We sailed from Dogenbay Adasi enroute to Cesme where we planned to check out of Turkey. The nasty meltemi was persistent which did afford some great sailing ...
Dogenbay Adasi is a special anchorage enroute from Kusadasi to Cesme and we had a great time here for a few nights despite the black flies. We left Kusadasi ...
Ephesus, accessed from Kusadasi, is one of if not the best preserved ancient Greek cities there is. The library of Celsus, enormous amphitheater and recently ...
Kusadasi on Turkey's West Coast is a city of renown, primarily as the gateway to Ephesus, one of, if not the 'best', ancient site there is. We wanted to see ...
We need to make tracks north up Turkey's West Coast, which means finding some opportunities to sail, doing some motoring, and hitting some remote anchorages. ...
We are still on the south coast of Turkey excitedly anticipating the arrival of our first guests, family from Australia. We take the opportunity of a few days ...
We had an amazing day sailing from Kas back to Kalkan as we begin our journey West along Turkey's South Coast. Whilst it is sad to leave Kas, a persistent 15kt ...
That's right, we loved Kas so much, we made sure to visit again on our way west. Kas is a stone's throw from Kastellorizo, a beautiful Greek tourist town on a ...
We need to re-provision and pump black water so we sail east from Kekova to the large city of Fineke on Turkey's South Coast. We anchor of this non-touristy ...
We are still in the Kekova Roads area, as we have discovered a cruiser's paradise. We leave the Gokoya anchorage and enter the roads themselves, sailing past ...
When we entered Turkey we weren't sure if you would make it this far east but are we glad we did, because the Kekova Island area is a real playground. It ...
We had heard some really positive things about Kas, a popular town on Turkey's South Coast, and were not disappointed. After med-mooring opposite the main ...
We wanted someone to anchor between Gemiler Bay and Kas, and settled on the large bay off the town of Kalkan. We med-moored in a very popular spot sheltered ...
The first stop after Fethiye heading East along Turkey's South Coast is Gemiler Bay. We managed to sail most of the way here but it was a struggle, often ...
We left Gocek and sailed across the Gulf of Fethiye, along with many others, and entered Fethiye to go to anchor. It was a great day at sea, but we were ...
We enter the Gocek Special Marine Area from the West after departing an amazing anchorage. There's no opportunity for us to sail in here, it is a wonderfully ...
We finally got out of Marmaris, and had our opportunity to start exploring Turkey's beautiful South Coast. We managed to do some sailing which was great. We ...