In this episode of Sailing A B Sea we get caught up in naval war games and the Turkish navy turns us back to our anchorage several times.

We departed Gocek and ended up anchoring in Ekincik, but when we tried to leave there to go to Marmaris, we had the Turkish navy turn us back while they carried out week long war games.

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Okay so um can you... No one at a  time. Can you take this first

Got another one that needs to... Do another pass Jim

I'm Barry. I'm Aannsha. This is the continuing  journey of Sailing A B Sea. Well I just nixed  

the Göcek the plan. Look, Göcek is  a huge area and we can spend all day  

putting our nose into every single bay. They may  be busy, there may be spaces, maybe this or maybe  

that but the thing is I can't take a chance that  we're going to run out of time for us to get to  

an anchorage where we can just drop anchor  and swing freely. All this line ashore stuff  

it's it's just too stressful it's as simple  as that. It's too stressful. So we're going to  

find a place where we can drop anchor and swing  freely and that's not inside the Göcek area

Aannsha please remind me how much I need to pay you for the gin over. Hello Dave

Okay so um can you... no, one at a  time. Can you take this first

We've got another one that needs to ... Do another pass Jim. Yeah okay.

Ooh precious cargo. No worries. Thank you.

Ooohh!

One more time. Thank you. Hello, how're you doing man? Good to see you

Jim laughs. That was fun! Good

sail. No worries. See you somewhere. See you  somewhere. All right take it easy

I owe you for the tonic water!

Leech line probably needs tightening  but I'm not going up there now

but we are getting 7.2 knots. We are motor  sailing of course and getting 7.2 knots with  

the combination of iron sail and sail sail um  the reason why we're doing that is because we  

really can't afford to slow down, we need to get  to this potential next stop and suss it out. We  

don't know what to expect when we get there  and if it's not right then we've got to move  

on and that's at least another hour and a half  further on. Basically I've just had enough today

I just wanna stop now!

I'd had enough Göcek to be honest with you

Some days you just have days like that  but at least we've got the sails up.  We've got the sails out it's nice

It's a lovely sunny day it is um nice breeze so  long as you rug up. Should be catching Kev up who stormed  

ahead while we were doing the the gin exchange. Yeah  the gin exchange. While we were bootlegging gin!

All right so go to 30 at the roller. 30 to the waterline? Yeah 30 to the waterline. And then snub it.

This sailboat that's heading out, unless he's  planning on going southeast he's going to be  

turned around by those big boys on the horizon.  That's just four of seven naval ships that we've  

seen so far this morning outside the bay here  at Ekincik and our mate Kev who did leave  

earlier than us and wanted to go around that corner  to the Marmaris area uh got contacted on  

the radio by them and they said we're doing  live firing exercises in this area today  

so therefore the only option you've got is to go  south east. Well we've just come from the south east  

so we're not going back there. So Kev has come back  into the bay and uh he's trying out a different  

anchorage just around this corner here. So he's going to let us know what that anchorage is like  

see if it's any more protection than this one  here which is quite exposed um and does have a  

little bit of swell coming in every now and then.  So looks like we're staying here today. Kev was  

advised that uh he can move at eight o'clock  tonight when they finished playing war games

It's quarter past seven Thursday morning and we  are still here at the bay of Ekincik. The reason  

why we're leaving so early is because we want to  get to Marmaris and we want to spend the weekend  

in the marina at Marmaris. Now yesterday we were  prevented from leaving by the navy having war  

games off the coast here and as we look out at  the horizon again we can still see many of the  

warships gathering so we're going to try and get  out and turn right and go to Marmaris. Uh obviously  

the radio's on if we get hailed we get hailed if  not we make a run for it at six knots. Right yes!

We came out and um there were several other  yachts two ahead of us, one behind us and uh  

navy naval ships uh just basically said you  must... if you can go anywhere you can go southeast  

back to Fethiy and if you want to circumvent  our area you've got to go 60 miles to the south  

east and go around us. Apparently  we can't even hug the coast here  

but to my mind they wouldn't be firing any  live rounds anywhere near the Turkish coast  

But... It must be a real safety issue like they've  probably got safety protocols. But the thing is  

they said they were firing live rounds yesterday  and they weren't because we didn't hear any  

This is very frustrating. Now we've got to go back  to Ekincik and my question is what happens if  

you're on a yacht charter for a week and you've  got to get your boat back to Marmaris, how do you  

do it? And do the charter companies let people know  so that they don't get caught out because that's  

something the charter companies should be aware  of so there aren't lots of stressed people trying to  

get back to home base. We haven't been blown out of  the water yet! It's just so annoying, so so annoying. It's just the way it is

But I don't want to spend another night in Ekincik. Yeah well you've got to.

It seems like most of these Turkish towns  we call into one of the street dogs adopts  

us and says oh I'll take you where you need to go,  where are you going? Today we've got this one here. He's lovely

Where are we going?

We're going to get goats. Save a  leg for me. Get the slowest one

We only want one, there's a leg each! Get a big one if we're gonna eat it

Hello goats

Oops. She's protecting her babies. This one's got its leg caught

How are we gonna? I don't know because those horns are  quite big. Yeah the little one's got a leg caught  

And mummy's definitely gonna... and those horns are uh big

Mmm. Oh no! Okay, she's free! It's all sorted. Okay!

Well done little fella. It's a girl. Girl. Okay.  Hello big fella. You could be a girl as well

Thank you for protecting  us from those vicious goats! Scary so scary!

All right maybe we should have followed this road. Maybe. Maybe. Thanks Baz the Explorer! Well you know  

the path less trodden and all that  sort of stuff. We're going this way

Well here we are shoreside and on the horizon we  

can see our naval escort that's uh  protecting us from leaving the bay

We've actually got a little bit of a plan  that I'll tell you about later. This restaurant  

here is expecting some customers today because  they're bringing all the sunbed cushions out

Right next to the spillway that brings  the runoff mountain water down to the sea

There's A B Sea parked right there

Once you've parked your dinghy at the little  harbour area then if you follow the road  

out you eventually will come to uh two or  three different little supermarkets. They sell  

alcohol, they sell bread and bits and  pieces. You'll basically get some food that  

will tide you over until you get to the next stop where the big supermarkets are. This  

is the first supermarket you'll come to and  uh it pretty much has mini mart sort of items  

that you can expect. Aannsha's just about  to go in and get whatever she needs  

This one's called the confused grocery! Lost in  translation I think! This restaurant also has uh  

alcohol sales, it's called the Alcohol House and  they have a fair range of spirits wines and beers  

Here's just a little tip for you if you are  shopping in Turkey and you look at things  

and you're confused, well which is going to be the  tastiest and the best? We found that this brand  

Pinar actually uh do a whole range of food from  frozen foods to this yogurty drink Ayran and if  

you see the the brand Pinar you can be fairly  confident that you're going to pay a fair price  

and get good quality. Here's a nice sign you  won't see in a lot of places: We are so glad  

to have you in our region we're as close to you  as a phone call for your safety and well-being  

That's the Jandarmas on 156. What's this  departing Ekincik Take 3? Well yeah  

pretty much feels like it! Yeah uh there's  been a lot of um discussion and a lot of  

misaligning information. Uh finally Ruth got  in touch with the Turkish coast guard who said  

we were allowed to transit the zone from six  o'clock onwards so it's now uh coming up to 5 30.  

we prepped the boat, we're about to bring the anchor  up and uh head out to the head or the outside of  

the bay ready ready - in readiness - ready to leave at six. Yeah. On  the dot. Yeah looks like these guys are as well  

They've got the same plan yeah. So this is  yeah getting frustrating now it's ridiculous  

you know you hear so many different times and so  many different dates and so many different rules  

and regs. Can I just say something to my astrology  friends? I'm just going to say Mercury Retrograde  

I'm just going to say left hand right  hand. All right let's see what we can do  

this time and let's see if we can make it to  Marmaris. Rght I'll get the snubber, hey? Might as well. It's a good start isn't it? Yeah.

It's going to be a tough three hours I think  if it stays like this. Wind's right on the nose  

Sea state's one and a half / two metres

These waves are really slowing us down. Woa

Drop it. Go to 30.

Well overall not a bad parking position  considering I came in in the dark and had to guess distances from the other  boats that we were parking amongst  

So this is Marmaris in the northern  sector in fact the north east sector  

and that is Kev on Barbara Ann and he's  just upping his anchor and heading  

into Marmaris marina. He needs to get some repairs  done to his outboard. He's in eight metres of water  

there, we're in 12 metres of water here, so once  he's up and gone we're going to take his position

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