Kalymnos (07-May-2009)

We had a smooth ride to Kalymnos and great food at the local tavern of Manolis. Over night we stayed at a small port there.

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Lakki Marina/Leros (06-May-2009)

After a smooth ride from Patmos we arrived at Leros/Lakki Marina where I enjoy the wireless LAN. 

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Trip to and Over night stay in Patmos (05-May-2009)

From Fournoi to Patmos was quite a bit a bit of wind ... 

... pushing the ship to top speeds of over 10 knots. 

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Trip to and Over night stay in Fournoi (04-May-2009)

The trip to Fournoi was fun with a little wind, as you can see on the left. (5 Beaufort)

We ankered before Fournoi, but what you can not see on the photo below are the 7 Beaufort, which turned the ship in circles all night long.

The map is here.

Kusadasi, Turkey (03-May-2009)

The exit log is 50 Euro! (3,5 is the fee in case you would be allowed to make it yourself, which is not the case anymore, and the rest is service fee) At least this is better than in Turgutreis. We are planning to go for Fournoi today (a long trip) and waiting for our papers to return from the Marina.

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Please watch the difference in clothing between our skipper (Austrian) on the right and me (Austrian after living 12 years in Greece). 

If you go to Kusadasi and you are not as ignorant as I am you should probably visit Ephesos. Please have a look at those ergonomic toilets!

Over night in the bay of Ormos Mourtias, Samos - (02-May-2009)

This is the beach where we stayed over night.

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Screwing around on the boat!

The boat

 

Screwing around on the boat

Turgutreis - New laws and agencies in Turkey suck - (01-May-2009)

You might want, like us, to enjoy some food in one of the many restaurants, but beware !!! 

If you come by boat from Greece to Turkey you need to pay some money for the paperwork to enter the country. With the old laws you would pay something like 50 Euro in case you would spend some hours running around yourself and trying to figure out to whom to pay extra money to speed up the process or 100 Euro if you would like to have some agency doing this for you. NOW there are new laws and if the boat is more than 10 tons there is no way to run around yourself, which I would not do anyhow in my holidays, but the agency (in our case AHS Yatailik-Yachting) charges 220 Euro. BTW in Kucatasi the service fee for the agency (and the Maria is an agency as well) would be 50 Euro.

DON'T GO TO TURKEY/TURKUTREIS WITH YOUT SAILING BOAT THEY ARE RIPPING YOU OFF THERE! 

The map is here.

Getting ready for Turkey (30-April-2009)

That's the crew!
From right to left: Istvan, Sushi, Fedl, Michi, and me.

Today, after some breakfast, we plan to go from Kos to Turgutreis or even more north.

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