Datca to Selimiye

Ok, now we get what all the fuss is about, Turkey has an amazing coast. The majority of yachties we have met have been Turkish, it is the Turkish holiday season, and the Turks like it too.

We left Datca at 10:00am and motored, thankfully the Meltemi had cooled it heels so we at least had an excuse to keep the mainsail in the bag. We won't be seeing it again until the Jack Lines are repaired in Marmaris.

By 1:00pm we entered the bay that is Selimiye and had our first real wow moment in Turkish waters.



A stunning bay that cannot be captured in a photograph and would leave you wondering what I was on about.

We were not the only ones that thought so. We had to shoe horn our way into a spot which was not initially wide enough to accommodate us, but with some judicious use of rubber fenders, and not so judicious use of full reverse thrust, we managed to bully our way in.

So tightly were we sandwiched that there was no real need to pick up the slime line nor tie to the dock..

Fortunately, our neighbours were away at the time.... and a little surprised when they got back.

A cute little town with the usual overwhelming array of restaurants. In Turkey it's about the Mezzes. There, displayed in the bay marie, decision making impossible.... "we'll just have the lot thanks!"

We'd planned to stay just one night, we needed to get to Mamaris by the Tuesday in order to get a spot in the marina and there was at least another two stops we'd been encouraged not to miss on the way. When we woke it was pretty clear we were not going anywhere. The locals were talking 90Km/hour winds with rain.... Rain! We hadn't seen that in five months.

We hired  driver and went to Mamaris by road just for something to do. I'll cover it when we get there by boat but this was our first glimpse.