Hi folks, it's Julie once more updating you on all our doings.
Right now we're halfway through our leg from Finike to Paphos. 12 hours straight sailing to get to our next destination. We left at 06:20 and should arrive at 18:30. As the old saying goes...water, water, everywhere but not a drop to drink. Also no one else around either which makes it slightly eerie as if we're the only people on the seas. We do have the occasional visitor in the shape of a small lone birds who need a brief rest on their migratory journey and choose our railings for a breather. Cute.
A heads up on yesterday evening. We did stop in a secluded bay to have a swim and snorkel, followed by egg & bacon butties to tide us over until dinner. There were a few shoals of small fish by the shoreline but sadly, no more dolphins. It was great to take advantage of the boat, anchor up and simply jump overboard to swim in the sea. Harbours are all mod cons but they're not the place to go swimming and that's the whole point of sailing..isn't it?
We were met at the quay by the Turkish officials who were once again very smiley and friendly.
We asked for a fuel refill and a small tanker came along and filled us up with 760 litres of diesel for a gob smacking price of 1300 euros approx. It was 1euro 60 a litre here as opposed to 1euro 30 in Marmaris! Help! But once you've filled up, you can hardly argue the point, can you? Plus, we needed to complete customs exit procedures to be able to shoot off to Cyprus in the early hours and of course, at 8pm at night, the offices are closed, but for 284 euros we had our paperwork stamped and were cleared to depart. They must see us coming..but at least we're not going to be behind on our schedule.
A quiet night really in Finike as it is just a small harbour town and then back to the boat where the most god awful stench awaited us! I exaggerate not! Something is rotten in the kingdom of the good ship Athina. Think of rotten eggs, the horrible smell of sulphur or dead things. We have no idea what is causing this smell but initially can't find anything obvious, so we put up with it and head for the bunks.
The situation now is the smell is still there and a thorough search of the storage places underneath and the holding tanks of the bathrooms have not found the source of the stench. I know you probably think I am over exaggerating but really not..you have to be here to appreciate the unwholesome aroma of it! I am blogging because Craig & John have their heads in the bowels of the boat to try and fix this problem and Gordy is steering and keeping us on course and added to that, he is meticulous in working out our fuel consumption and what's needed to keep this boat afloat and how much it's going to cost us and how many miles and at what speed we need to do to get the maximum benefit
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