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

Fun in Finike

09 May 2012 | Finike
Dean
Awoke to a two turtle show off the port beam only a boat length away. Two loggerheads cavorting in perhaps a mating ritual. The bay here in Kekova was so calm it acted like a mirror reflecting the panoramic vista about us. We finished our breakfast (the meals on board have been awesome as anyone who has crewed with Crew on board will attest to). Bacon and eggs, toast, beans, tomatoes and the ever present cucumber.
After weighing anchor - a complete delight with the new electric Lofrans windlass - we slowly cruised past the ruins off Kekova Island in deep water only fifty feet off the shore. The predicted south winds never did show up so we motored over calm seas to Finke, a small town located on the west shore of Finke Korfezi (bay) just before the Besadalar (five island) cape that takes us on up the coast to Antalya.
Finke boasts a large outdoor market every Saturday. We were in luck because it was indeed Sat.! Hundreds of stalls in a maze of small alleys displaying a startling array of products from food to clothing to crafts. Many of the women were dressed in traditional styled outfits. We are definitely off the tourist path here.
After bartering for a few items it was back to the boat for dinner on board. But not before a stop at a café for a snack and "Uc Bira Lutfen"

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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 [...]