First days sailing!

Today we finally managed to get 'Christina' out into Marmaris Bay and wow was it worth waiting for! We had two sails up to start, (Front and back) and she plodded along in light winds like an old Wherry on the Broads. It should be really exciting putting up the main sail, but we will wait a few more days for that. Tara's been brilliant. She loves 'Christina, and totally gets the wooden boat thing! She also loves being on the helm.... happy days!! The engine ran really well all day with no hiccups. I'm also really impressed with the new electrics onboard, the fridge just draws 3 amps and we can leave it on all the time. One problem was when we anchored the first night, the bolts holding the winch almost gave way! Luckily I noticed them moving before the whole lot went overboard! Temporary fix was bracing a large lump of wood over the horns. 

Our first night out was anchored off Marmaris harbour next to two huge gullets. We slept like babies with no noise from the marina and the boat gently rocked.... Lovely! The regattas still on in the marina and the place is crawling with drunk Russians! They party in the marquee until about 4am, (we sound old!) so it was great to get away from the "yachtees"! It was fun watching them racing though, with all their colourful spinnakers flying.

The captain...

Our second night out was anchored off Ismalar (about two miles down the coast from Marmaris). We'd got a water taxi here months ago when we were on holiday, and joked we would return one day when we bought Christina! Huh! Lol Dreams can come true....

We returned to the marina to moor up after our first voyage out and were assisted by the guys in the marina with their dinghy , although we didn't need help! And moored up easily only for one of the guys helping to then fall off the boarding platform into the water!! Fortunately he was ok and found it funny! " I like to swim" he said!!! 

We are currently sitting under our new awnings which were made by our friend Rashit!! We have one over the bow of the yacht and one over the aft deck . Rain proof and sun proof they add a lovely extension to the deck for sitting out in the evening with a glass of wine watching the world go by! He is going to make us some cushions for the aft deck too ! Once finished we plan to set sail for Simi , our first stop on the way to Samos!