Marmaris Yacht Marina - The largest in the Mediterranean

In Datca we'd been give the name of a man who could get us a spot in the marina and arrange any repairs we needed. Highly recommended, Metin did indeed arrange a spot but was careful to point out that we should not attempt to arrive on the weekend.

We had planned to get here by the Tuesday, but the weather held us in Selimiya an extra day so Wednesday it would have to be.

On arrival we were met by Metin's man who explained to the Marina gate keepers that this was Metin's boat, here for repair and in we went.

Marmaris in the back ground...

The Yacht Marina is a good half hour bus ride from Marmaris itself, it is huge, the largest in the Med and not overly personable. Great facilities like a pool, an amazing restaurant, a library with pool tables, a well stocked chandlery and supermarket and it is a place where over 1000 boats winter in the water and a further 1800 on land.

We are considering wintering our boat here, but it is so far from the fun and any local facility (like a toilet) is a bike ride away where as in Kos, Greece it's all right there, the old town inclueded. It all depends where we end up in December.

Marmaris Old Town and Castle

Shain (Sha'in) got to work understanding all the items I needed done on the boat while Sal, Al and the kids explored our new world.

I needed new lazy jack lines, a sail batten holder repaired, a new hatch replaced, the bimini repaired which had been torn by the boom, a new main halyard, new genoa sheets and a couple of seats for the paserelle to attach to the rear steps.... B.O.A.T is an appropriate acronym for  Break Out Another Thousand...



The following day, I stayed on the boat to assist in the repairs while the crew went into Marmaris town to do some shopping and for Al to get a haircut. Here is a Youtube link I urge you to take a look at. It is not for the squeamish, but this is what happens as part of getting a haircut in Turkey!  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3o4WtLCUK58

On Friday the 3rd October, Sal flew back to Aus to be with her Mum which left Al, Will, Summer and myself to 'fend' for ourselves.... Now it looks like the sailing same sex couple with their two kids! One of the great things about having Al here is that we get to go sailing. Unlike when Sal went to London and we sat in Chiania for a good week longer than we'd have liked to.

Before leaving Marmaris, Al asked if  I could get him up the mast so he could give a better photo perspective of the shear size of this marina...

He did get some good shots, but here you get both aspect and Al!

Summer

William

Then Summer wanted to go up and naturally, William
had to follow..






















By Sunday we were all done. An expensive little stop, but we did get all the jobs that had piled up done and dusted. I was looking forward to getting the main up with the new halyard for the first time since we got hammered by the Melteni and to give Al his first experience of actually sailing on the Summer Amy.