Jul
7th
Tue
7th
Jun
22nd
Mon
22nd
riding camels in the desert
u.n. warship calling s/y daste
welcome to the middle east the above was my greeting entering Lebanon. We answered giving boat number crew flag etc. This happened entering Israel water only there you could see the war ships plus small PT boats. We are enjoying out trip and have alot of pictures to share. The internet has been hard to fine here not good wifi. We head to Egypt tomorrow morning….
May
30th
Sat
30th
We are sailing
We left Cyprus at 3pm for Mersin,Turkey. Started out nice flat seas some wind on the nose but by 10pm heavy seas and winds of 27 knots. Marco took my watch and helmed for the next 6 hours the only way we could get speed to point into the wind and we were doing 6.5-7 knots and the toe rails were in the water but we sailed and beat all the big fancy boats by 2 hours Marco was in seventh heaven.He was singing italian love songs to the sea as I fought to hang on standing was not easy so sat on the floor. Most of the boats have no idea how to sail they get scared and pull in the sails and motor. We arrived at 11am tried but happy.
coast line of southern turkey
S/Y INTERLUDE sailing along side DASTE
May
21st
Thu
21st
DRUNKEN RUSSIANS
This boat hit my boat and damaged the push pit and swim ladder. They took off yelling NO PROBLEM , LADY this was at 3 in the afternoon and they were drunk . The Russians have a bad reputation too much money and too much booze.
May
11th
Mon
11th
kekova
tomorrow we join the rally here in Kekova. We have been here 5 days. The town is very small 500 people. The town has installed a new pontoon and the old ones which 3 restaurants own will be destroyed the end of May Hate to see the old ways go for progress. The way it works you choice the rest. and go to their pontoon and if you eat there no cost for your boat its a nice way many people come back to the same place every year like we have. Oh well progress. Will down load pictures later the internet is too slow here.
Apr
30th
Thu
30th
clear underwear
As most of you know Marco is italian so english is not his first language .Sometimes what he says is a delight yesterday was one of those days. He was checking the bilge pump in the bilge under the floor boards and discovered the bolts holding the keel on were rusted much mumbling and a few choice italian words he removered the rust and painted them the whole time complaining about the French builders of this boat. He finally looked at me and said ” Pat Its like putting clear underwear on and not wiping your butt”. So if you are putting clear underwear on wipe your butt or maybe you are French.
Apr
23rd
Thu
23rd
22 Fathom Bay
