Koya

Wonderful sail in Lamu on a traditional Dhow boat. Captain Kelly has been sailing for more than 30 years on his boat and taught me the basics of how to sail a Dhow! The sail works similar to regular yachts but tacking was quite tricky as everything was done manually from shifting the mast and moving the sail to the other side 😅 Definitely wanna try this again and perhaps sail to Zanzibar! The co-captain, Mohamed appearantly goes there every year spending 2 weeks along the coast of Kenya 🇰🇪

Today was our last day of sailing in Türkiye 🥲 We set off early to fill up with fuel in Göcek and dug into our final breakfast. Initially we attempted to anchor up in a bay nearby Göcek but unexpectedly we got some wind so we headed out into the Gulf of Fethiye for a final bit of sailing which was great because it meant that we didn’t need to motor for two hours. We stopped for our last lunch in a bay nearby where we finished off the last of our provisions nicely before motoring back into the marina to return La Luz 🌅 That was it. Another great week full of lots of memories and valuable lessons. Until next time 🤩

No Wind day. Woke up in the beautiful bay by the restaurant. Asked the owner if he could sell us some food from the restaurant and walked away with 3 loafs, eggs, meatballs, skewers, and a massive block of feta. He threw in some hummus and yoghurt dip for free, very kind. 🍳🍞 We motored down to Cleopatra Cove where there are some ruins of an old bath that they say Cleopatra once used. Me and Koya swam ashore and hiked through the beautiful wilderness in search of some more ruined we had read about. 🌴 We got lost and ended up at a high end cafe with some flowers that have the most beautiful smell, kind of like vanilla / honey I need to figure out what they are! 💐🌹💐🌸 Tracing our steps we found a path going up the hill surpjndjg the bay, after a very sweaty climb on the 35+ degrees we were rewarded with a stunning view of the bay. Having climbed a hill and being too lazy to walk Back we radiod the team to pick us up from across the bay and Ole arrived with 2 cold beers 😍. We sailed towards the top of the bay with no very little wind then needed to motor. The plan is to hit the fuel pontoon before it gets busy tomorrow. We long lined in a very tranquil bay for the night and played cards, cooked and ate some great food in our last night before heading back. Great spending time together 🥰

A day of auto pilot, turtles and turquoise water 🐢 A slow start, having our first breakfast out at the bay’s restaurant. A DELICIOUS mezze of cheese, bread, eggy bread and dips that Tom’s going to write in his log 🍯. We bought a giant bag of tomatoes and cucumbers - our rations for 3 days. Ok - time to leave! Heading to Ola Denis before the tourist boats arrive 🏴‍☠️. We rocked up to a perfect bay (much nicer than reviews) and started reversing on the anchor when a turtle popped up! AN ALIVE TURTLE! The curse is broken 🐢 ❤️ We anchored in 30m with 60m of chain and lines ashore. No wind. Easy peasy. This was our longest day of swimming thanks to the lack of wind, which was delightful. We also held an impromptu SailTies design sprint about collections and weather overlays (watch this space!) A 2hr motor back gave us time for naps and some work. We arrived at another beautiful bay with a restaurant pontoon. Classic Turkey 🇹🇷 🌊.

Sunrise-ish slip at 7am 🌅 We had a Turkish mixed-grill day of no wind, little wind and almost too much wind. PERFECT sailing adventure. To add to this, our lunch spot was an idyllic beach with a nice long swim from the boat and our evening spot is another picturesque restaurant mooring bay. Tonight it’s a mooring buoy, our collective favourite. Sad news though, we took Kevin out for a photoshoot and saw a dead turtle floating 😞 🐢. Some SailTies flyering done and now off for dinner at Charlie’s place. P.s. we stopped at butterfly bay and it was AWFUL with 5 pirate ships having foam parties. 😬