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Turgut by Motorbike Part 1

Have motorbike will travel. Pay big money to have motorbike and definitely will travel!! Yesterday Randal and I went for a short ride to Icmeler, about 5 miles from the center of Marmaris. ( It’s about 5 miles from the marina to Marmaris, but on the …

In position!

Wow, the gen set is in position in front of the main engine. I left out many details, but you’ll get the idea. it was a half a day’s work to get it in with just the two of us. (View Post…)

Turning around

We are using a makeshift gantry from a cut off of 4×4 beam to hang up the generator from the cabin engine hatch in order to turn it sideways soon, but first we have to remove a couple wooden blocks to lower the cradle to the level of the generator bed….

The gen set has arrived!

At last our new generator made it to the Shelter Bay Marina and is sitting now on Diesel Duck’s aft deck.  (Continued…)

Life in Marmaris

    So, what have we been doing other than me moaning about the Red Sox? Yesterday our day went like this. Early in the morning I walked over to B’Sheret on Juliet dock to ask Linda and Michael to help us take our motorbike off the fly…

SSCA flags were spotted on power boats

Diesel Duck arrived at the Shelter Bay Marina by the Panama Canal on April 24th. I noticed two other power boats tied to the docks that were flying their SSCA flags and we went to say hello. The “Two by Sea” from Palm Beach Gardens, FL and the

Hierapolis

Thanks to our very efficient and helpful agent Soner and his partner, our motorbike is legal and insured and ready to be ridden as soon as we can figure out how to get it off the flybridge without bashing the side of our boat, knocking down the marina …

Pamukkale

  Randal and I went into Marmaris today to see our agent Soner to get the paperwork filed and finished for our motorbike.  Turkey won’t honor our Malaysian insurance so we have to get Turkish insurance but it will be good for 6 months.&…

Ephesus, the end

  Yesterday morning there was a Ladies’ Coffee and the new marina manager came to say hello and to field some questions and concerns.  He managed to soften everyone (about 15 of us) up by having the bar serve really good cake and tea th…

Ephesus Part 2

  We tested out the Marina restaurant last night.  There is only one restaurant and 1,600 berths so you can imagine.  It took forever for our order to be taken and the noise level was ridiculous, but Randal said his steak actually tasted…