EP68 | Is this the best cruising ground in the Med?

[@allmomomosthomebus3895]

I appreciate you doing such a good job showing the gems in the Med. I watch many sailing channels and I really love yours. I'm very impressed with what Turkey has to offer. Beautiful.

[@HarborsUnknown]

Looks like an amazing spot to cruise!

[@vaughangill7288]

You two are absolutely delightful. Very much enjoy your films and the nice casual aspect to them. Thank you both.

[@SailingSVCordelia]

We screamed with laughter 😃. Such a beautiful cruising area, thanks for sharing ⛵

[@paulklebaum1682]

I should have heeded the warning for I am now scarred for life!!😃

[@peterhaymaker7562]

Still the best. Thanks. P.

[@chunkychinn]

Thankyou both for a lovely film of this part of your voyage. Beautiful.

[@philabraham658]

Thanks for another cracking film, beautiful locations topped of with the ‘wurst’ joke 🤣😂🤣😂

[@svfairisle]

😁

[@carlosazevedo4139]

Hey guys probably the best lithium batteries In the sailing community. Thank you so much simple and straightforward explanation in real life conditions always with the great smiles and good energy spead by millie crew. Thank you! Goodspeed and fair winds millies

[@dontmissthelittlethings]

A great way to see the world.

[@johnneal9400]

Thank you for such a great video. Reminds me why I bought my boat. Can't wait to get out there.

[@SVImpavidus]

Steve, Judy. We are now back on the boat with a clean bill of health. I guess we have missed you if you have turned back north? We have to wait ten days be fore we can do so but will be heading that way to get out of the heat. Thank you for the shout out Beers on me when we catch up. Sail Safe Guys, Ant & Cid. xxx

[@svfairisle]

Glad you’re on the mend, we will be holed up in the Gocek area for a few weeks so hopefully catch you later.

[@terrytomlinson8772]

Your video quality is excellent as well as the venues you chose to visit

[@allanatherfold572]

We are making our way south from Kusadasi. FYI I purchased a dinghy from Truekit after your review and recommendation. Great videos.

[@judyaslett6209]

The truekit is great. Enjoy!

[@JayPerrypersonal]

We are sailing around Turkey, in Marmaris at the moment anchored out. Cool beers onboard if you are around

[@svfairisle]

Yes we are! In a bay just outside tonight, will be anchored in front of the strip tomorrow though so if there are beers around…

[@JayPerrypersonal]

@@svfairisle definitely we are anchored in the northwest anchorage, Amel Super Maramu, PAOMIA. Drop by say hi if you have time. We are live aboard the last 7 years in the Mediterranean.

[@andrewdent4072]

Great video as always. When you get back through the canal let us know. It would be great to meet up.

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

Fantastic place to anchor and explore. Your watering hole host was left uncomfortable but when you pin point the timing its obvious why... Ive just been watching Ant and Cid... 🤞🏼 he behaves himself for a while hes got a lot of healing to go through. Theres a couple of young UK financially challenged, sailing channels heading your way and looking for places to anchor and explore and possibly overwinter. Chasing currents 😁 and Wildings sailing 😎 on their old monohull and Ketch Cat respectively..they are both great couples and eager to learn as they go, living the life while they can on older boats they've sorted and sailed all the way themselves. 🧙‍♂️🇬🇧⛵ I know Ant keeps an eye on them 😉

[@SailingABSea]

(Baz) Looks like I'm going to miss you guys at Finike, I'm currently in the UK working. Aannsha is still on board A B Sea in Finike marina and Ant & Cid are back on their boat now.

[@svfairisle]

Yes I saw, it’s a shame we had hoped to catch up with you all. We’re actually back in Gocek now, need parts for the outboard.

[@anthonybeck2384]

Good work team ….very enjoyable 👏🏻👏🏻

[@trevhedges]

Cheers guys that was really good 👍

[@timeddington1546]

We really enjoy your videos! informative , and beautifully filmed! So nice to see views of that part of the world and the fun things you guys get up to, as our little yacht is parked up for the winter here in New Zealand. Really appreciate all the effort you go to, to bring us along on your travels, as we sit here and watch by the fire.

[@svfairisle]

Thank you for that lovely note. We are looking forward to getting to NZ, there are so many nice places in the world.

[@nicktimms254]

There is definitely more of the sunken city to see at Kekova. I have been twice and done tours on the local boats and seen walls, steps and mosaic floors all visible through the crystal clear water.

[@svfairisle]

Thought there must be more to see, I think the tour companies keep the locations close to their chests!

[@richardhill3035]

If you call in to Datca on your way back, I’d recommend a fabulous restaurant there called Eski Meyhane. It’s a little away from the tourist beachside places and looks a bit more subdued but don’t let that put you off. It was really next level food. Also very reasonable and the Tahini Soufflé dessert which sounds a bit weird was one of the nicest things I’ve ever eaten in my life. So give it a whirl if you’re in the area.

[@svfairisle]

Okay thanks, we almost certainly will stop at Datcha so we’ll give it a go.

[@returner323617]

Thanks for the video, some nice shots there, and it certainly got me looking at the feasibility of Kas and Kekova... I like the idea of the water-borne re-provisioning and meals service..! Yes, you're right to avoid tying-off your long-line directly to the rocks and the chafe would be horrendous; one other solution (other than chain) is to retain a couple of lengths of the SS next time you replace the standing rigging, and fitted with eyes they can be a bit easier to handle than chain. How long with you be in Greece..? We're heading to the Ionian for our late summer charter at the end of September, but that might be getting close to your 90-day limited... Anyway, fair winds.

[@svfairisle]

It looks like we will be in the Ionian early Sept, but you're right I thing Schengen will mean we will have to be out by the end of Sept

[@peterllewellyn8835]

In the mid 80s I sailed around the Kekova area and recall anchoring and tying up in deserted bays with sunken sarcophagus below the boat. Hopefully a protected area now?

[@judyaslett6209]

Yes diving is by application and licence only and restricted anchoring.

[@svfairisle]

Yes all protected, in fact you are not allowed to dive in the whole region and even swimming is prohibited in places

[@mickledlin9595]

Great vid guys. Where do intend to spend the winter?

[@svfairisle]

We will be sailing this winter. We plan to head South as soon as we’re back in the water.

[@allmomomosthomebus3895]

The pub-tuned carburetor ha ha

[@robinbradley5958]

love your channel! Whats the plan for heading west to the Caribbean!

[@svfairisle]

We will go through that in the next episode actually, just planning it now. (We’ve come up with a great place to spend out last winter in the Med though!)

[@phil3921]

Hello Both! Firstly just have to say that both my wife and I really enjoy your channel! The quality of both the content and photography...well It didn't take long to work out that you were (are?) both professionals in those fields :-)! But the reason for the comment is to ask if, since you are planning to be going through the Corinth Canal are planning on being in the Southern Ionian the summer?

[@svfairisle]

Hi Phil, thanks for the kind comment. Yes we are planning on getting to the Ionian by September and working a]our way up to Montenegro where we are wintering this year. It seems the Corinth opened yesterday and then closed 3 hours later after another landslip though! So we might have to go the long way around again.

[@phil3921]

@@svfairisle ah that’s a shame. We’ll be there mid-August for our annual flotilla / bareboat holiday. I’d have loved to have had a chat over a few beers. Need Judy’s help to convince my wife to extend her sailing tolerance for more protracted stays afloat and buy a boat in the med when I retire next year…. She’s a bit nervous still. All the best and keep those films coming!

[@svfairisle]

@@phil3921 well you never know we may get there early, but tell your wife you have to imagine you’re not on a charter boat, which let’s face it is like camping for a week with plastic glasses and none of your stuff. Get the right boat and you have your home with you, it makes all the difference.

[@SailingSavvy]

Yet another fun and informative look at your lives on the water…. One of your best we would say 😉😂… great to see you both… looking forward to Yoga for four some time in August

[@judyaslett6209]

If you can get Steve to try yoga you are a better woman than me, Nicole!

[@SailingSavvy]

@@judyaslett6209 one can only try!!

[@rolanddunk5054]

Hi to you both,having come back off holiday a few weeks ago,I watch your programme and it puts me in the mood to go away again.I always look forward to the next video.Thank you both.cheers Roly🇬🇧.

[@digitalfantazia3953]

sadly also popular with Oligarch yachts with attitude. Lovely cruising though. My family used to keep a charter yacht there in Gocek.

[@robertlemon861]

Is this one going up for all to see? Available from Home page only (PC)... So cannot watch from big TV :-( (Workaround is to open on PC, then available in History :-)

[@svfairisle]

Ha! Yes it’s supposed to be just for Patreons at the moment, goes live today (Thursday) it’s an anomaly with YT that once I put in the details and add it to the series list it appears when you search the series list even though it’s not actually live.

[@robertlemon861]

@@svfairisle Thanks, learn something new and interesting every day 🙂

[@harbourdogNL]

2:46 Is there a reason you and the cat are anchored that close together? Kas looks stunning.

[@svfairisle]

They just chose to come and anchor there. You’re right they had no need to be so close there was plenty of room further along but it’s quite normal out here to stern tie so close your aft lines are overlapping so no one thinks much of it.

[@harbourdogNL]

@@svfairisle No one thinks much of it until a gale blows up and they start dragging because there's not enough rode out!

[@leeturnbull2759]

Great video, we are also planning on transiting the Corinth 🤞 on our way from Rhodes to Montenegro for next winter to berth up next to our son’s cat ⛵️

[@svfairisle]

Well I’m sure we’ll see you there. We are wintering at Porta Montenegro 🇲🇪

[@heimslach]

what are your thoughts on A/C? watching another channel where they'd set up a small battery powered arrangement for a sleeping cabin only.

[@svfairisle]

Yes I think A/C just for the sleeping compartment is absolutely the way to go and there is a new portable lithium powered small AC unit coming on the market very soon which looks like it will fit the bill perfectly. This company also has some other really cool products coming on the market. I'm on the case getting some pre-production versions for testing. Watch this space!!!

[@melikek.g4307]

Ispanaklı ve beyaz peynirli gözlemeyi mutlaka deneyin. Afiyet olsun.

[@svfairisle]

Yes we love the different breads

[@stephenchapman8344]

Looks fantastic.👍. Not too sure about the vegan restaurant. 😂

[@jeanmariebernard6730]

👍👍👍bien cordialement

[@petermyatt2772]

Unless they have extended the marina breakwater, we can say from experience ten years ago, that the marina is not a good place to be in a Westerly storm; waves breaking over the pontoons and, if you were on the windward side of the pontoon, dragging moorings.

[@jeffmayart]

can you elaborate on your webbing used in the video to shore tie, curious as to why you might choose this over 3 strand or any other rope, and maybe its alternate benefits .. thanks, really enjoying your videos...

[@svfairisle]

I’m actually just about to make the next Anchoring video which will focus on stern tying since that’s what we do 90% of the time out here and I know a lot of people are hesitant of doing it. So I’ll go into detail there but basically you need two stern lines and they need to be the best part of 100m long so webbing on a reel is definitely the best way to go. That amount of 3strand has to be on a roller to not get in a mess and that’s really bulky.

[@jeffmayart]

Thank you for the reply, I just bout a nor sea 27 and space is at a premium…trying to think up a good set up for stern anchor setup

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

@@jeffmayart A drum of the loading bed strap like that takes up a lot less space and weighs a lot less when wet than rope I would suggest. As they use a run of anchor chain round the rocks and keep it under tension then chafing risk is minimised. The two inch stuff is pretty strong in tension ive used it for towing heavy cars...the colour effects the UV stability as with most manmade plastics.

[@grahamsmith8122]

I'm sure you will drop into Finike, just round the corner. No Tourists, no Russians, very few Germans and lots of village people, getting on with life. Lived there for a time on our yacht 2008,9 before heading East and then South to Sudan. Such a shame the country is going down the pan. Lovely people.

[@Ironboots123]

Any issues with thieves boarding your vessel when you’re ashore?

[@svfairisle]

No, we do usually lock up before leaving the boat but we know many who don’t. Crime seems rare on boats in these parts luckily

[@Ironboots123]

How long are your straps for stearn-to anchor?

[@svfairisle]

60m and 100m

[@svfairisle]

...Well they are now, they were shorter back then... you've got all that to come!

[@gerhardvanwaltsleben8944]

Lekker man lekker 🇿🇦

[@seawench555]

I totally enjoy ur channel, that entrance, I actually watched three times. Fair isle is just so peaceful. Just 1 ? If that was a woman in a bikini or short shorts would u have censored it as well. ?

[@svfairisle]

It would be a crime to censor Nichole!

[@bulentsaym4100]

Harikasınız zizleri zevkle izliyorum saygılar sevgiler kendinize iyi bakın

[@svfairisle]

Teşekkürler

[@barilro]

Great that you are promoting vegan….thank you

[@Stoic-of-Rome]

Sothe X in X yacht is actually X for Xibitionist

[@MiketakesaHike]

🤣😂🤣🙂😉

[@graham2342]

You will also find your boat will go faster when you go downhill.

[@judyaslett6209]

Is that before or after the beer?

[@mimmociaccio5470]

Sea urchin deli...look for the female

[@MikeHarrison3266]

If a government can find something to control and make rules about ( for your benefit) they will, they are that type of animal.

[@yvonnekneeshaw2784]

Loved the hilarious short 🩳 😂 U guys offer such interesting sites … appreciate u ❤️🇨🇦

[@antoniomarmotta5630]

Quanto è bona sott'acqua. Mai senza costume?

[@antoniomarmotta5630]

Bellissima. Anche nuda sott'acqua?