This week we have a great time exploring two amazing areas on the Southern Turkish Coast. We leave Fethiye and sail down the coast enjoying a consistent 15 knots of wind. We anchor outside the Kas Marina (Setur) in 15m of mud which is great holding. The water is a beautiful blue and our first impressions are positive with colorful flowers lining the water's edge.
Kas is a funky town that has a lot of life. There are numerous cafe's, bars and boutiques so we settle in by sampling a local nutella crepe. Like all places we visit, we spend the afternoon exploring the town. Kas is known for it's diving so we snorkel the bay and enjoy the turquoise water.
With friends and family arriving in Gocek within a week we head to Kekova. It's a favourite with liveaboards and we can see why with it's large protected anchorages and relaxed vibe. We anchor behind the Simena castle which we explore and is an easy 5 minute dingy to the town. The Simena castle is well preserved and has amazing views of Kekova Island and the large bay. We also decide to try the local ice-cream and buy a beer from the restaurant that let us leave our dingy there.
Across from the Simena castle is the sunken city of Kekova. It's only accessible via canoe or boat so we take Kawai across the bay early and float past the ruins. I take the dingy for a closer look at the ruins of Dolchste an ancient Lycian settlement which was partly overtaken by the sea due to an earthquake in the 2nd century.
Hope you enjoy this weeks video
About us:
Our names are Jason and Tracey and we traded our house, cars, business, job and security for freedom, adventure, travel and living simply amongst nature and the seas on our 45 foot Hanse 445 sailing boat, Kawai.
We don't know exactly where the winds will take us at this stage but over the last couple years we have sailed to Turkey, Greece, Montenegro, Croatia.
Jase loves making travel videos and we decided to upload to youtube to share our adventure. We really hope you enjoy and feel free to drop us a comment any time to chat or subscribe to follow along :)
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as the sun set on karakoram bay we
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considered what the next day would bring
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the thing about sailing and traveling is
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that you are constantly leaving leaving
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places leaving people what makes this
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bearable is the anticipation and
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excitement of a new journey and a new
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destination
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it's going to be very hard to leave this
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so where are we going today skip we're
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off to cash
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some anchorage you need cash
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or just a little bit beyond cash
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depending on the conditions
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yep hopefully some good sailing yeah
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look at this water
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[Applause]
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our plan was to leave early and catch
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the consistent northerlies down the
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coast before exploring cash in kokova
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both these areas are popular with liver
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boards and it would be our last
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opportunity to visit before collecting
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guests and go check
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favorite time of the day
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turning the engine off yeah sure is
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such a good feeling i love it
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the only little sound you might be
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hearing in the background is the water
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maker running which is perfect
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yep but otherwise we're just having a
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slow downwind sail
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[Music]
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do
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[Music]
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we ain't get outside saturn marina in
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cash the anchorage is large and
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protected and is an easy walk to town
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[Music]
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cash we made it it's a really nice
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feeling to get the anchor down and chill
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it was about 40 nautical miles uh it was
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a really good sailing day we
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probably had tomorrow for about first
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hour but then sailed after that
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so all in all it's uh yeah really good
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it's really pretty here
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it's way prettier than i was expecting
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actually
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not a bad view for the run this
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afternoon i got beautiful ocean on one
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side
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and pretty flowers on the other side
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so nice
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anyway best get back to it
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oh here she is
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hi
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how's your run
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it was sensational
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nice one it's really good
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it was really good
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running along a really good path
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alongside the water
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it was now time to explore the charming
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town of cash a short five minute walk
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from the anchorage the seaside town is
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centered around the main port and is
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known for its ancient ruins bar and
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restaurant scene and is turkey's premier
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scuba diving area
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the town has a relaxed vibe with
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traditional fishing boats filling the
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port and cute houses intertwined with
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bougainvillea
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checking out a little town of cash and
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came up here
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and find it quite interesting that uh
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castalarizo island over there is greece
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it's like so close i didn't even know it
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was there
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didn't know there were greek islands
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down this far as you walk the cobbled
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lanes you feel enticed to stay longer
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so many inviting cafes and bars funky
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boutiques and well there's something for
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everyone
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that looks like water
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yeah well it's about ten
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i just happened to thirty sitting there
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i thought it would be a good shot
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a good shot at the shod bar
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pretty cool like to bring you back here
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later
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get a shot and look what's next door
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oh the hot dog stand yep you're in have
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a nunchuck
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get a carrot dog if you want cool
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that sounds good to me
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[Laughter]
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well i thought i just asked what's your
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first impressions of cash
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um
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well he's very relaxed i feel very
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relaxed here
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it's really cute it feels a little bit
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more european than any other places
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[Music]
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all right well
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first crepe we've had since we've been
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back
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let's get into it
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well for anyone coming to cash um we
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weren't really sure where to put the
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dinghy so on the far side is the i think
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sitter marina
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so i pulled up last night on that side
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for the security around so
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um you can go to shore and there's a big
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ross in there but there's also one in
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town so it's pulled up in the little
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fisherman
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and easy access
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probably a five minute walk to town
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[Applause]
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although cash was one of our favorite
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places in turkey we had read reviews of
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break-ins in the anchorage this type of
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thing can happen anywhere but on our
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final night a neighbour went onshore had
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their hatches broken which made us feel
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a little uneasy about the place
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unfortunately
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not all areas along the turkish coast
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have pump out stations but cash does
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it's something you need to plan and
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complete every 15 days or you may face a
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large phone is this a fun job jace
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i think you were born for this
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you enjoying this aren't you yep
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see you later cashtown
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[Music]
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is
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[Music]
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i'll call you when i get there
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is
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[Music]
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[Music]
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beautiful evening it's what six
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thirty two thirty yeah six thirty p.m
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it's still warm as
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i think that's the best
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it's summer time in europe it's just fun
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easy to stay out i made the most of your
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day
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until
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like 8 30 at night
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and then you're like oh geez where'd the
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day go better get dinner
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isn't particularly touristy however many
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people do explore the sunken city by a
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canoe or gullet and climb the samina
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castle which has impressive views over
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kakova island
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off to explore
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deciding where to pull up huh
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the semena castle sits above kaila koi a
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small village only accessible by boat or
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foot it was once an important watchtower
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in the battle against pirates in the
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region and was built by the knights of
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saint john it has incredible views of
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kokova island and gokoye bay
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ancient licean rock tombs scatter the
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landscape below the castle and are
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generally well preserved almost every
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tomb has been looted via holes in the
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walls of the tomb and their occupants
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precious gifts stolen
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for those who want to explore both the
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castle and the sunken city it is
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possible to anchor off the castle in
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calm conditions and tie off however
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there is some obstacles to be aware of
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we decided to anchor behind the castle
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and dinghy to shore make sure you try
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the homemade ice cream a specialty of
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the locals got yourself a scoop of
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homemade ice cream
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how would you rate it
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yeah it's good really good
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it's uh
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almonds and honey something
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tastes good
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yeah really good
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smooth smooth definitely smooth
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all right let's cruise through
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you filming me you're tiny
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oh the great thing about the gopro is
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you both make the
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cut and the great thing about tiny you
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couldn't fit in any photo
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uh yeah little good little spot we've
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all pulled her up to
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and decided that it would be rude not to
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have a beer
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where's jake
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[Laughter]
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oh there he is you weren't meant to come
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[Laughter]
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like an emu if you stick your head in
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the sand you're not actually exercising
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sounds really bright above me
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morning workout
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it's going good yeah i'm good it's
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always
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nice to get into a bit of a routine
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coffee
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gym
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swim swim and relax
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explore
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so
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that's the plan today i think we might
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head
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in amongst those rocks over there looks
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like the water's a little bit bluer
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so we'll um we'll cruise over there
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we are the only one here the big blows
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coming today and uh
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all the boats are up in that little spot
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except for us
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but um i think it's going to be
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protected enough here and i'd rather not
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be around other boats
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there'll be chain everywhere anchors
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everywhere
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just us here
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in a couple of fishing boats
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so yeah last good shake that thing
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well we've just made the executive
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decision to move close up to the castle
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uh the wind was channeling through a gap
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that we were near up that end of the
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base so we just moved a little bit
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further down
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and
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reset the anchor we've got about 20
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knots blowing currently it's predicted
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outside to get to 38 knots so
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we're hoping uh it doesn't reach in here
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wendy shows us as being like right on
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the cutoff point so
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we'll see what happens at 8 minutes deep
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we've got 40 meters of chain out and
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um we trust our anchor and it's muddy
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sandy bottom so
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we'll be all right well we're pretty
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lucky this is current now we are just in
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here
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um
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it's dead calm i wouldn't even say it's
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registering on the wind meter
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um 38 knots just out there so yeah this
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anchorage is fantastic um the last two
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days we haven't really had
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much wind at all no the highest we've
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got to is about 20 knots
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and this is current
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38 north gusts out there to view
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kukova's sunken city we decided to take
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kauai and float just off the area before
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the tourist boats arrived i decided to
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get a closer look and took tiny for a
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bomb yes
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um
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castle in behind you
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yeah that's a nice view isn't it
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these are the underwater ruins of dolce
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an ancient lithian settlement which was
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partly overtaken by the sea due to an
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earthquake in the second century the
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city was rebuilt however conflicts
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between the arabs and byzantines in the
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7th century a.d left the area
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unprotected and unsafe so it was
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abandoned this area is now protected so
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it's illegal to dive the runs
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jake's coming back from his little
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adventure
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how was your little adventure yeah it
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wasn't too bad
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i saw a little
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sleepy turtle just over there then oh no
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i'm chilling
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it's pretty slow he's gone up pretty
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close to him until he saw me
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um but yeah that wasn't too bad yeah i
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enjoyed it it's
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no it's very similar to the other side
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but it's probably a little bit more
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evident here it's a little water yeah
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it's just a little bit nicer yeah so
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yeah no it was i'm glad i did it
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next time we head north and return to go
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check where we pick up friends and
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family from new zealand we visit many
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unique coves and some familiar favorites
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as we spend a week teaching some sailing
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skills and sightseeing this beautiful
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area before jay celebrates his birthday
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with turkish
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[Music]
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friends thanks for watching you know the
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deal subscribe like comment blah blah
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blah thanks
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kiss my feet
Uploaded by:
Jase Stephens
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Category:
Sailing, General Vlogs
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Added on
09 August 2022
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Location:
Kas, Turkey
Description
This week we have a great time exploring two amazing areas on the Southern Turkish Coast. We leave Fethiye and sail down the coast enjoying a consistent 15 knots of wind. We anchor outside the Kas Marina (Setur) in 15m of mud which is great holding. The water is a beautiful blue and our first...