Goodbye Turkey...Hello Greece!

Current Position at anchor in the South bay of Lipsos Island, Greece: North 37*16'770 East 026*46'153

We checked out of Turkey on Friday in Bodrum, after much hassle avoiding a 75 Euro agent fee, which we managed to do but as usual something that should have taken half an hour took half a day instead. The blow was softened a bit by us discovering a duty free shop at the ferry terminal where we had to get our passports stamped and thus we smuggled out a couple of bottles of cheap liquor in our backpacks...typical cruiser style!

This morning we upped anchor and after topping up with fuel and water at the marina we motored the 25 miles to Lipsos Island in the Northern Dodecanese of the Greek islands. With a 15 knot head wind it was slow going but at least the engine got a good run and we topped up the power in the batteries and have enough hot water to last us a few days.

Tomorrow we'll head 10 miles to the west to the town of Skala on Patmos island, follow in our footsteps of last year and fingers crossed complete a smooth check in to Greece.

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Marmaris to Bozuk Buku

Current Position at anchor in Bozuk Buku: North 36*34'490 East 028*00'660 - Good holding in 25ft of sand and weed.

After a month of endless hard work both on the hard in Yacht Marina and at anchor in Marmaris bay we have finally 'almost' completed all the jobs to get Blue Moon back into a fully functional live aboard cruising boat. Today that hard work paid off as we blew out the cobwebs and made our first step back into our Mediterranean cruising season.

This morning we picked up anchor and motored (against the wind of course) 27 nautical miles west along the coast and back to the beautiful anchorage of Bozuk Buku. Also known as Port apolotheka or ancient Loryma, the bay is overlooked by the ruins of an ancient citadel and dotted with small fish restaurants nestled in the valleys of the imposing rocky hills.

We're heading up the coast tomorrow towards Bodrum where we'll do a final stock up with food and fuel and then check out of Turkey.
For now it's off to enjoy a cocktail while watching another great sunset!

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