@Sailing Kawai This week we begin our journey in Marmaris Turkey where we anchor off Marmaris town while waiting for our friends to arrive from Australia. We explore Marmaris before setting sail for the tranquil bay called Ekincik Bay. It's 20nm from Marmaris and we are fortunate to receive some great winds and sail the entire trip. To celebrate the time with friends we enjoy some Raki, swim, play some cards and then head out to a local restaurant which is a lot of fun. We are also fortunate to spot many turtles in the bay which is fantastic.
We head off early and catch some more consistent winds on route to Gocek. The sail is 40nm and we use the time listening to music and catching up. We had visited Gocek previously as this is where we purchased Kawai in 2018. We are excited to return and look forward to seeing good friends. We anchor off Gocek town in the bay between the 6 marinas. Gocek is extremely busy with hundreds of mega yachts lining the bay.
Gocek is a beautiful place with amazing restaurants lining the shore. We explore the town with our friends Damien and Nicole before exploring the hills behind Gocek. We decide to visit the famous Yuvarlakçay Defne Restaurant a 45 minute taxi ride from Gocek. We are not disappointed and love every second of our time.
About us:
Our names are Jason and Tracey and we traded our house, cars, business, job and security for freedom, adventure, travel and living simply amongst nature and the seas on our 45 foot Hanse 445 sailing boat, Kawai.
We don't know exactly where the winds will take us at this stage but over the last couple years we have sailed to Turkey, Greece, Montenegro, Croatia.
Jase loves making travel videos and we decided to upload to youtube to share our adventure. We really hope you enjoy and feel free to drop us a comment any time to chat or subscribe to follow along :)
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Music
1 - April Sky (Senshi Remix) Ten Towers, www.epidemicsound.com
2 - Clear Summer Nights, epidemic Sound, www.epidemicsound.com
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for the last month we have found
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ourselves living in marmaras a resort
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town along the turkish riviera it is
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fantastic for boaties with its many
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anchorages and its chainers with almost
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anything you could need holiday makers
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fill the town with an abundance of
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restaurants beach bars and nightclubs
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there seemed to be a lot of tourists
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from the uk and facilities to cater for
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them with football bars i enjoyed the
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jordi bar
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english breakfast and daily boat trips
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blasting sweet caroline
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for those who love their sleep i would
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recommend a different anchorage on a
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saturday night as that's when the party
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really starts with boats pumping the
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music until 12 we found it all quite
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entertaining
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[Music]
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[Music]
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hey
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[Music]
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this week we leave marmarus in search of
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some tranquility as our friends arrive
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from australia we are blessed with
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consistent winds as we sail from marmara
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to go check with crystal clear water and
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blue skies we decide to stop in at a
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small bay that has everything we need a
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fantastic restaurant and turtles before
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sailing into gochek where we are shocked
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at the number and size of boats present
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in the bay we then head for the hills
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and visit the famous definite restaurant
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in yuvalakche it's a day that keeps on
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surprising us right till the end
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these are the things we do on kauai for
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our friends
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it's midnight and
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we are going in
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i actually feel sorry for them we're
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giving them a ride in their luggage in
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this tiny tender um but it'll be great
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to see them
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it wasn't nick and richo's first time on
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kauai they visited us previously in
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montenegro which always makes it a
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little easier as they know what to
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expect we also knew what to expect
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aussie gifts thanks heaps guys
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[Music]
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the best day we've had here in marmara
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anchorage
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so far so
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it's
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about 33 degrees calm
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just been a perfect day really
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and we've got an arvo full of relaxation
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before we leave we're going to sail
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tomorrow so
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a couple of drinks a couple of games
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swim games
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oh yeah it's pretty good
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beautiful temperature not freezing
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it wasn't long before the winds arrived
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and it was time to leave the crew were
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given their jobs and we could set sail
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our plan was to sail 20 nautical miles
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from marmarus to ekinik bay where we
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would anchor the night before a larger
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40 nautical mile sail to go check where
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we plan to anchor in the bay opposite
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the town bye marmaris
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been a pleasure
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okay nick get us out of here
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mark the course
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[Music]
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so
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[Music]
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[Music]
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just where he was
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[Music]
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is
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[Music]
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[Music]
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will be
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[Music]
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first beer richo on the trip
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that's a lie not really
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but sure first one on this trip on kauai
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yes
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first one kawaii very good almost cold
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very cold nick are you gonna crack yours
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um
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no that's your beer isn't it well that
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depends are you wanting a beer no i'm
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good thank you no sense of occasion
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trace
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are you like the responsible one well
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always
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always
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not always better once we get to the
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anchorage tracer will let loose that's
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why she's that's why she's the captain
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yeah yeah no one else can be she has the
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self-control yeah no one else can be
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trusted so what a sailing morning it's
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been it's been lovely beautiful day what
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do you think nick happy been a very
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pleasant morning yes so i think we got
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top speed was maybe
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7.3 knots cap
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pretty happy with that
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yeah
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true wind is 12 and a half apparently
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lovely pretty good so yeah it's pretty
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good little swell
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very minimal as well
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water maker is running downstairs and
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we're just having some uh some chitchat
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with a few snacks yeah
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how long have you been four pm rolling
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schedule arrival yeah i reckon we'll get
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there before i reckon we'll get there
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before four as well
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we'll hit a bit more breeze when we get
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out a bit further yeah the elbow's meant
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to be windier so
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excellent nice one
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ah good timing you busted me you just
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like you set me up i mean i handed it to
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you get it to me and then you started
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then i go bro but i was about to thank
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you
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she's been doing it all day hasn't she
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richard
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nick's in control she's the only one
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that's over take the wheel
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it's always exciting going to a new
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anchorage and as we rounded the headland
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into the bay we hoped for something
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special pine trees lined the shore with
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sand at seven metres perfect we also had
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a number of loggerhead turtles in the
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bay
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oh
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pretty keen for a swim retro we've just
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pulled up
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i just had to save defender
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nick was putting it out
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nick
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said
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[Laughter]
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oh it's beautiful
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it's not even cold it's actually warm
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i might go back in
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we'll get the ladder so i don't have to
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pull you off again but yeah well done
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good good save oh and well it's probably
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a good time to say we've made it yeah
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where'd we make i can nick there we go
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oh okay
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and we'll get the starts off you a
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little bit later
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pretty consistent sale
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it's lovely 20 nautical miles
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four and a half hours beautiful bring it
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out all right we'll get the break down
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later
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lucky open it's time
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we've been waiting a long time for this
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yes we have
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i think there's a safety cap
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[Laughter]
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you ready yeah
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thanks
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let's see if this works now my great
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grandmother's turkish yeah
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no no
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we purchased rocky as it's the national
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drink of turkey and a unique experience
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for our guests
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next time i think we will try to ease
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into it a little more as they were a
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little bit strong but i think you'll be
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able to tell that if you continue
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watching
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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[Music]
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wow
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holy grail
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hi guys hi guys
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did we have a good evening oh that's
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great i think this footage is going to
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be rubbish
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who cares man
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it's very bright all we can see is
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a little star in the sky that's why head
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towards the middle
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happy with what you got going on there
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cap yes very happy
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very happy such light winds and we've
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got about 40 degree of apparent wind
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angle
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she's cruising why he loves this
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direction
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as we sailed into go check it was
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evident that go check's beauty and charm
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was no longer a secret it had been
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approximately four years since our last
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visit and it was busy mega yachts lined
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the bay boats that once looked large now
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didn't stand out the tenders stood out
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more than anything as they rushed back
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and forth through the bay picking up
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dropping off guests and buying all the
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necessary items one must have on a mega
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yacht
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the anchorage within the six marinas is
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hectic but fun for a couple of days and
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has great access to the restaurants and
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supermarkets as you do see some crazy
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sights like this convertible car boat as
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night falls the mood evolves and the
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darkness comes alive with mast lights
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underwater lights and navigation lights
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of the hard-working tenders
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go check received special protection in
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1988 so as a result no high-rise
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buildings are allowed which contributes
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to the boutique feel of the area
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instead hundreds of restaurants line the
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bay taking in the clear waters and
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atmosphere
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hello
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oh hello
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what are you doing
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i've just dropped off the richardsons
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they're going to explore i've already
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dropped you off this morning you're
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going for a run and i'm just waiting to
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pick people up yeah obviously a
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glorified
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glorified taxi or a taxi i was uh
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over there filming you stalking you
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through the restaurant and guess what
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song was playing
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today i'm not doing anything
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i am doing things yes i'm waiting i'm
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very relaxed
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i didn't bring thongs or shoes so i
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can't go anywhere
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um
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yeah it's all good it's all good you're
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busy here and it's a bit more up market
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like i find that's my uh go check is way
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more up market than marmaras and than it
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used to be i mean yeah comparison
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a lot of very nice restaurants yeah and
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i always tell
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by the cost of the fs yes
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i draft fs in uh marmaras you get 30
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textuality here i've seen 55 so i just
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saw a 50. it's for a 50 yeah still 130.
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yeah
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where are we going state
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we're going
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uh at a restaurant that has fresh water
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riverlets and lovely little day swings
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day bags and swings
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very good nick you've been listening
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at least
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are you excited james
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am i excited yeah yes
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that sneeze was the start of a special
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friendship with yasha our taxi driver he
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agreed to take us to the yuvalakche
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definite restaurant wait for us to enjoy
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lunch and return us home to go check the
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45 minute drive from go check was windy
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and mountainous
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he was extremely kind and thoughtful and
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the moment he wanted to push us on the
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swing we knew he was special
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we returned to the faber and we could
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see the joy abroad
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the restaurant itself was above the
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crystal clear fresh water which cooled
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the area
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spectacular
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better than i thought it would
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um
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what do you think
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it's a bit of a track like
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from go check it took about 45 minutes
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but it's worth it it's really relaxing
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and
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really nice temperatures cool and
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there's no rushing everyone's really
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relaxed so i'm happy good
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lots of
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lots of uh spots yeah
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there's lots of uh fake
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definite restaurants along the way lots
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of restaurants on the way like probably
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10 15 different restaurants but you've
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got to go to the last one
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yeah so
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really happy
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after a perfect day yashar continued to
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surprise us he stopped in and purchased
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some strawberries for us before inviting
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us to meet his family before we knew it
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we had sampled turkish coffee hermit
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cucumbers and pears then he'd gifted us
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with walnuts eggs cucumbers from his
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farm and a magical experience with his
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family the highlight of the day
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so what just happened richard
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just embarrassed myself just
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everyone's just spilled
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the chips do you have a coffee
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this one
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great that every time you come here it's
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a new different experience it's great
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sad to be leaving
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yes and we had some good sales didn't we
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yeah great sailing this time
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[Music]
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thank you so much for hosting us had an
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awesome time
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anytime until next time the pleasure is
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all out bye
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bye
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bye guys bye kawaii
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thank you for a great time thank you for
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a fun time until we meet
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again
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enjoy the rest of your trip
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bye
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next week we head south to fettya to
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shelter from strong winds before going
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back in time to explore the ghost towns
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of kaikoui the ancient lyceum tombs and
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jace gets his turkish pancakes at the
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incredible fetia markets
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thanks heaps for watching if you've
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continued to watch after our iraqi
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consumption we really appreciate you and
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would love it if you subscribed it's
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free and it helps us out cheers
Uploaded by:
Jase Stephens
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Category:
Sailing, General Vlogs
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Added on
26 June 2022
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Location:
Ekincik Bay, Turkey
Description
@Sailing Kawai This week we begin our journey in Marmaris Turkey where we anchor off Marmaris town while waiting for our friends to arrive from Australia. We explore Marmaris before setting sail for the tranquil bay called Ekincik Bay. It's 20nm from Marmaris and we are fortunate to receive some...