Sailing Adventures of Necessity

07 October 2014 | Murcia Region, Spain
05 October 2014 | Valencia
03 October 2014 | Formentera
01 October 2014 | Ibiza
29 September 2014 | Western Mediterranean Sea
28 September 2014 | Hammamet, Tunisia
22 September 2014 | Sicilian Straits
19 September 2014
17 September 2014 | Licata, Sicily
30 June 2014 | Azores
15 June 2014 | Galicia
22 May 2014 | Sicily
19 May 2014 | Licata, Sicily
17 May 2014 | Marina di Ragusa
16 May 2014 | Marsala
14 May 2014 | Licata
12 May 2014 | Malta to Tunisia Passage
11 May 2014 | Marina di Cala del Sole
09 May 2014 | Malta

2012 Synopsis

13 June 2012 | Turkey
Dean
62 Days of Sailing in the BVI’s and Eastern Med

1. British Virgin Island
Footloose charter, Beneteau 473
55 nm through the BVI’s
85 nm through the USVI from St. John to St. Thomas to St. Croix
Total distance = 140 nm
Days in Marina = 3
Days at anchor or mooring ball = 8

2. Mediterranean Sailing Adventure
Turkey-Cyprus-Turkey
870 nautical miles over 51 days.
Leg #1: 300 nm from Marmaris, Turkey to Alanya.
Ports of Call: Fethiye, Gocek, Kaljan, Kas, Funike, Kemer, Antalya, Side, Alanya
Anchorages: Skopea Bay, Kekova, Adrasan, Olympos, Phaselis
Leg#2: 325 nm from Alanya Turkey to Cyprus, plus sailing south coast of Cyprus
Ports of Call: Limissol, Larnaca, Paphos
Anchorages: Fig Tree Bay, Konnos Bay.
Leg#3 245 nm passage from Cyprus to Marmaris, Turkey
40 nights in marinas, 21 days at sea, 4 overnight sails and 11 days at anchor.
Nine crew changes.
Launch at Marmaris, Turkey on April 17, 2012
Haulout at Marmaris Yacht Marina on June 9, 2012

Comments
Vessel Name: Necessity
Vessel Make/Model: Corbin 39 Mark II Pilothouse
Hailing Port: Bayfield, Ontario, Canada
Crew: Dean Nisbett & Brian Hall
Extra:
Departed Bayfield, Ont. in 2006. New York to Azores in 2007, Azores to Galicia, Spain and down the Iberian Penninsula in 2008. Spain & Morocco in 2009. Spain-Corsica-Sardinia-Sicily-Tunisia in 2010. Tunisia-Malta-Montenegro-Croatia-Venice-Greece-Turkey, over 2,000 miles over four months, 14 [...]