Our First Sail

After our time in Istanbul we flew to Bodrum, a town on the southwest corner of Turkey near where the Aegean and Mediterranean meet. From there we went by bus to the sailing base at Turgutreis, did some provisioning, and loaded our gear onto our boat, a 43 foot Beneteau sloop named Treasure. The next day, Sunday, September 2, we sailed the 37 miles to Yedi Adalar, or Seven Islands, at the eastern end of a strait called the Gokova Korfezi. And what a trip it was! It started out calmly, but the winds and the sea built so that in the end we had put two reefs in the main and also reduced the genoa. By the time we anchored (with a line to shore) it was 7:00 pm and another adventure awaited us. The restaurant, named Denis, could only be reached by trekking in the dark up a hill, down a hill, across a swinging bridge, etc. As if we needed another adventure! It was worth it, though. Dinner of sea bass was excellent.