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Tuesday morning and we've just woken up to

some information from our mate Kev. There is

a full lockdown coming into effect

on Thursday across all of Turkey;

for about 20 days. Now we're currently

at anchor in a beautiful anchorage but

it's only protected from the north and the west

and the east. If it comes from the south we're

not protected and we'll be on a lea shore.

So we've got to consider what we're going

to do because this full lockdown could also

mean that we are not allowed to move between

anchorages

We've got to consider what we're going to do

because this full lockdown could also mean that

we are not allowed to move between anchorages

Currently we're not allowed to cross province

borders but I think if we were to make a run for

anything by a coast guard, we would just say look

we're getting ourselves into a safe position

before this full lockdown comes into effect, that

should be okay. So it's a 10 hour run from here

uh we can do it we'll get up... we'll leave at

six, get there at four in the afternoon gives

us plenty of time to get into the unknown unseen

before marina and get ourselves settled in for

the long haul and see how it goes. So this

is how you roll with various restrictions

coming into play and then going out of play so

um that's the plan: we leave tomorrow morning at 6am

All right push us off

We'll go and check out that other bay first. Yeah

and then we'll head over and

check out the fuel dock. Yeah

Well there's the fuel dock. It's a bit tight isn't it? Can

you go in from the other side?

So looking at the uh fuel dock, it's quite

apparent that you don't come into the marina to

tie up for fuel, you go on the

outside of the marina for fuel

so it's a good job that we came and looked

because we thought you came in for it but

we'll go around the outside and have a look at it over there

Oh what so you go in and then scoot out! I don't know

I don't know whether that's a fuel thing there

coming down the ramp. Oh only fuel look

Lutfen (please) only for ...so you park along here I think

there. Okay so we just come alongside here? Yeah

All right. Oh that makes me feel better okay

We'll come alongside here, you'll have to get off

Yeah all right

Then tie it off, then I'll bow thruster

Yeah, back in. The front end in.

Yeah okay. Okay. All right well that's good

All right so we're very close to the

um... The marinas over here... marina and

hopefully there are shops in there that

where we can get our Turkcell and phone

credit. Yeah. We're just wandering through

town and um we're looking for a Turkcell

place so and she can get some more credit on

her phone and we've come across these little

things. Aren't they cute? Baz I want one. They're not toys they are fully functioning

uh and I'm not sure what it's for but it's kind

of like a little little tugboat or something

it's cute. That's our new tender. Not

sure we get it up on the davits though

All right we continue our search for

data. Well it looks like we've found what

would be considered the centre of town so

if you come to the marina and park as close

as you can with your dinghy to the marina and then

come one road back inland from the marina road  

then you'll get onto this main road and here 

they've got all sorts of stuff, a big Migros

there's the uh bus and taxi stop

and uh quite a few other shops

and somewhere amongst this lot is the Turkcell shop

It's up here. Okay so we'll just keep going. Ithink so

We're not actually too far away

from the marina because we can see

a double-masted boat parked

behind that building and uh

a big Turkish flag, that usually marks

a pretty central point in the town

Well we have our grocery shopping and

we're going to go back to the boat&nbsp

and see what sort of replies we've had fromJim

regarding what his plans are for the lockdown

and then at some point today we're gonna;

up anchor and come in and get fuel at the

marina fuel pontoon and yeah really take it from

there. It's a very think and act on the fly at the

moment. There's a windmill over there look

and pretty much everything

here relating to tourism is closed

or still under construction and you've

got to wonder um you know how do you plan

opening your business for the tourism season

when things just keep changing in an instant

Ten!

Is that alright? That's fine. Remember you can just step off

Looks like the other guy is coming to us

so hand in that one and then step

off and come and take my aft line

What's is he doing?

Come on dude you can see

I wanna approach

No, he's telling you to pull out

I'm going in the slot put the;other

fenders down the other side

Same height? No toe rail. Both sides then

Yes. You're just gonna have to slow down

I have no control when I slow down. That's all

right he's got lots of bumpers, stand by the line

Stand by your line

Take the aft line.

Oops pardon!

Gurusuruz. Kolay gelsin

Since we last recorded something for you guys

it's been a couple of hours and we've had a lot

of information passed to us from various people

in Turkey so thanks to everyone who's provided

us information on this upcoming lockdown. I won't

go into details of that now, what we're going to

go into details is what our plan to get back to

Kas. We've ditched the idea of going up

to the other Setur marina we're going back to

our home base of Kas because this lockedown

even though it says three weeks could actually

extend out to six weeks in which case we can't

afford to be stuck uh somewhere that's not

home and we can't live at anchor for six weeks

so we are on our way now down south to Knidos. We'll

anchor there overnight, after that we'll do a&nbsp

10-hour run from Knidos to Marmaris. At Marmaris

we'll anchor overnight but we can also refuel there

then we'll do a 13-hour run from marmaris back to

Kas and it doesn't matter what time of day even&nbsp

in darkness if we arrive back in Kas, we know our

way in there and the marineros can give us a hand

Yeah. So that's plan we should be back in Kas by

late Thursday afternoon early evening. So darling

patrons you might not get your video earlier than

everybody else this week. You might get it a day early

but this is a mad dash and these are the the best

places we can go given the time that we've got and

the distance we've got to travel. Yeah. So... All 

right. We live in certainly special times don't we? Oh we do

We're going past Catalada now

Three boats in there at the moment big stink

boat, little stink boat and a fishing boat&nbsp

just coming past Turgatreis. Probably stinks if

it's a hot day and he's got fish on board. Yeah and

a little stink boat coming up on our starboard

side. So that's where we are at the moment

we'll update you as soon as we have any further

updates to give yoy. Yeah. No wind to speak of

motoring with 6.1 knots speed over ground.

Just noticed our depth indicator showing

that we're getting into shallower water

so I'm just checking the contour lines

so we'll be going down to about 16 metres, that's all

right and we're gonna head around that peninsula

just there meanwhile

Captain Baz is working on the computer. Figuring

out the shortest amount of stops we can make

and also where potentially we can get fuel

Are we going to need to get fuel? I think at some

point we will. Will they let us stop to get fuel?

What are they gonna do? I don't know. And on that note of

uncertainty we'll see you later

We decided to get the head sail out we were

doing 5.8 knots and we're now doing 6.2 so

nearly half a knot of extra speed

just by deploying our headsail

every little bit helps

Okay we're fluctuating between 7.7 and 7.8 knots

We're flying along! We'll be at Knidos in no time

Thanks to 15 knots of wind and

the motor and the head sail

Look at that

All right, snub it

It was quite a long one wasn't it Baz?

Wel... felt long. It felt long but it

wasn't actually long um it's now a quarter

to seven at night we are anchored in Nidos

and Knidos. Knidos yeah and there's one boat

on the jetty, there's two other boats well there's

one boat's already anchored, us and then this other

boat has just come in. We'll stay here tonight

obviously and tomorrow we'll be up at six for a 10-hour 

run to Marmaris. That will feel like a long day

well the next day will be a long day because

we'll be up at six again for a 13-hour run to Kas

so. But you know when we get to Kas the marinaroes

are there, we know where we're going Yeah

Easy. Easy peasy. Yeah. Yeah it's all good

It's all good. Yeah. Right. Right uh I think

dinner. Dinner. Something simple. Quick and easy yeah. All
right peeps we'll see you tomorrow at 6 am

make sure you set your alarm clocks

Yeah on our mad dash back to Kas!

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