Capts. David and Desiree
After two and a half weeks of work on the boat we were ready to cast off from Marmaris Yacht Marina. We have met many wonderful people during our stay. Everyone had their reasons to be there. Yacht Marina was an excellent location to make mechanical repairs, refurbish ones' sails, and for some, meeting up with their newly purchased sailing vessel. There are always countless projects on a boat to complete, and if your intention is to complete them all before you'll leave, you will never depart the dock.
We felt our vessel was buffed to our satisfaction, and it was time for us to leave. We said our good-byes to our new friends, sent a few necessary e-mails, made our first blog contribution (since we knew internet access would again be challenging to find), paid our dues to the marina, and informed them of our departure. We hurried back to the boat as our afternoon hours were rapidly disappearing.
We attended to the last details and called the marina on Channel 10. Calling the dock handlers is part of their protocol, as the people of the marina do not want any damage to your boat or certainly to any of the other boats, or the actual dock. By the way, these sailing vessels are all packed in like sardines. The crew was prepped, Dave was at the helm, and the lines were released. Every year at the beginning of our sailing season the crew is a little rusty, but not this time. It was a perfect departure.
However.... as I was coiling the lines, I turned sideways at just the right (wrong) angle. A gust of wind, like in Mary Poppins, blew my one and only sun hat right off my head! I debated for a millisecond, then jumped in. Shoes, clothes and sunglasses (which I held onto just like a snorkel mask) and I rescued my sun hat.
When you sail, you try to anticipate the next event. But when the unexpected happens, you have to be ready to react.
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