This morning we found some more information about the place we are in on a notice board. Here it is.

Today we have quite a long trip 20 nautical miles. This is a trivial distance if the wind plays ball…

The first hour was brilliant. 18 knots of wind and the yacht sailing at a steady 6 knots, more at times. But then it dropped, so rather than waste time we put the engine on and headed for a bay that had been recommended for snorkeling.
The water is a beautiful colour, I think you’d call it azure… We anchored up and got out the giant inflatable Orca, he is called Bernard.

The only slight hitch was that clearly everybody knows about this bay as about 10 other yachts showed up. Not really a problem as their is plenty of room, but as this is the end of the season most places are deserted so it is a bit odd to see so many people together.

Anyway after a swim and a brilliant lunch in the cockpit we set about the other 10 miles we had to sail. The wind remained fickle so we motored for an hour until it picked up and we sailed again. The route we needed to take was dead downwind but the yacht does not go so well like that so we actually sail about 30 degrees away from the course we want to get a better speed even though we go further. We were going to run out of daylight so when the wind dropped we put the sails away and went for the motor again.
We are now near Marmaris and apparently it is Marmaris week with lot of racing going on. Quite a few fast looking yachts about.

We are moored for the night at Kumlubuku yacht club. A very smart place with a Chinese or Turkish menu. I rather feel I should be wearing a blazer.