Saturday, May 9, 2015

Back in the boatyard

Back in Marmaris on Thursday, and stern-to on Bravo dock, the furthest distance from the marina office, Internet and more. 

Even though it is interesting to pass by all the boats from Bravo to Alpha and past many more standing on their timber jackstands on the hard, it is a long walk. When I counted the number of steps and measured my stride, I calculated it to be a 3/4 mile round trip. Doing that a few times a day and there's no need to go to the gym!

Update on things ... Ooops, forgot, we are on Turkish time, so no progress to report. However, did get checked back into Turkey at the customs office. Boat has been scheduled to be hauled to work on prop shaft, check out the excess vibration, repair/replace cutlass bearing. That was for Friday at noon, then 3pm, then 5pm and now It is for Saturday, noontime.

Two workers came on board on Friday afternoon and took down the genoa and the staysail. Both are neatly rolled up on deck. Why was that done? With the language difficulty, no answer to that question. We do have an excellent agent working out details, so just relying on her for much of communications and detail.

Electrical problem solving will be next. Hopefully.

Workers are not on site on Sunday, so planning to rent a car to explore the Datca Peninsula. It is a narrow spit of land, about 21 miles long, with ruins of ancient cities at the far end. More on that later.

Moonbeam was supposed to be arriving in Crete today, leaving several free touring days for me before my flight out next Wednesday. Obviously, that will not happen and I'm rebooking the flights home to a later date.

While waiting I am contemplating my "dream" sailboat.






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