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Chapter One: GÜLE GÜLE or BACK TO THE MAINLAND We’d regularly consulted the forecast for the 210NM passage to Finike in Turkey, and finally found a weather window for the 40 or so hours this would take...

Karpaz Gate Marina Chapter One: VISA-VIS Upon our arrival at Karpaz Gate Marina in Northern Cyprus we were given a 30 day visa. We later found out that some people got one for 60 days and even 90 days,...

Chapter One: OFF TO PASTURES NEW 30 August: The night had been mild and we awoke to a beautiful sunrise and calm but slightly rolly sea in our anchorage at Capo Passero, Sicily. The weather window for...

Chapter One: A BUMPY START Having left Spain on 5 July we had just enough wind for a pleasant sail. Ingrid had the first watch from 9.00pm to midnight and Cordelia was going along nicely in a North-Easterly...