Intro

Just in case it’s useful to anyone coming the same way as us this blog has details of our route and what we found at the stops we’ve made on the way. As it’s possible I won’t be able to upload entries straight away I’ve included a month and year, in brackets with each entry, of when we were at each place.

Yacht Sandpiper is a Moody 40 (12 metres) with a 2 metre draught and 4 metre beam.

I’ve only mentioned water availability if I’ve noticed it or if, on the odd occasion, we’ve used a shore supply to fill up (we have a watermaker onboard).

The yachtsman’s guide we refer to for Turkey is Imray’s Turkish Waters and Cyprus Pilot 6th edition. We whizzed up the Turkish coast on our way to the Sea of Marmara because we wanted to get north before the strong head winds really set in. On our return trip we’re intending to take our time and see what we missed on the way up.

I apologise in advance for any errors I might have made with LAT and LONG’s or for anything that’s changed since we were there.

I will also be starting a separate blog (yachtsandpiper2) of our personal experiences and sightseeing on the trip.