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Having settled into our berth at Maramaris Yacht Marina and met many new friends we decided it was time to have a day sail out of the marina and find a mooring for lunch. Having already obtained our papers to leave the marina in the form of a document dated until mid november we were now free to leave after calling up when ever we wanted. Simply reload the credit for electric and water onto our smart credit card.

Friday 10 September a glourious sunny day with light winds and we decided to test the system, we  called up and were advised to see the mariinaros staff at the entrance to show our papers. We had already told our neighbour we would be returning that night and we also told the marinaros that we would be back later in the afternoon.

Turunc Buku lies just 2.5 miles from the marina and with only light winds we motored into the bay with a flotilla of gullets and tripper boats following behind.Surprisingly there were a number of free mooring buoys so we selected one and tied up for lunch.

Returning to the marina we wondered if our berth would still be free as promised, it was but only because the yacht next to us had reminded the marinaros who came looking for spaces that we would be returning. 

We are constantly surprised what a small world this really is, only yesterday Lydia was talking to a lady at the pool, and mentioned that our son and his wife had sailed to Australia last year. It turned out that Lesley and Trevor had meet Jonathan and Kate in Portugal. At happy hour I was talking to Rick who came from Blackpool,  he was a professional  skipper on a Moody 66 and had been into Cyprus this year. I mentioned that we had some friends with a boat in Latchie and he said bet your friends are called Carol and Steve and that have recently switched from a sailing yacht to a powerboat.