"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." — William Arthur Ward, Writer
2019 / Greece - The Dodecanese
by Chantal & David · Published January 15, 2020 · Last modified January 22, 2020
Having left Turkish Waters, our first stop in Greece was back to Symi to clear in. However since departing Greece last year, a new sailing tax has been introduced and whilst we had already...
2019 / Turkey - The Carian Coast
by Chantal & David · Published August 27, 2019 · Last modified January 22, 2020
Having returned to Seaclusion all safe and sound, if a little tired from our amazing travels we finally left Marmaris heading westward, visiting some of our favorite haunts from last year. We spent the...
by Chantal & David · Published August 26, 2019 · Last modified January 22, 2020
So our last day in Cappadocia saw us rise at a much more social hour (7am), and ventured off to a place not much visited by all accounts, Cavusin, an old Greek Village. It...
by Chantal & David · Published August 25, 2019 · Last modified January 22, 2020
So Day 2 of our trip saw us rise at 3:30am for the highlight, hot air ballooning at dawn! Thankfully our bus arrived this time as expected, we were the first and so spent...
by Chantal & David · Published August 22, 2019 · Last modified January 22, 2020
Having arrived safely in Marmaris on the 9th August, all that needed to be done before departing for our inland adventure was the inevitable cleaning of the boat and a test sail with the...
2019 / Turkey - The Lycian Coast
by Chantal & David · Published August 11, 2019 · Last modified January 22, 2020
On the 2nd August we sailed from Kas to Kalkan to meet Danie and her newish chappie Mark who were joining us on board Seaclusion for 5 days. They arrived mid afternoon which gave...
2019 / Turkey - The Pamphylian Region
by Chantal & David · Published August 8, 2019 · Last modified January 22, 2020
Our final day with the car saw us up early again in an attempt to try to beat the heat a little. We headed westward, this time passing the Taurus Mountain range to a...
2019 / Turkey - The Pamphylian Region
by Chantal & David · Published August 4, 2019 · Last modified January 22, 2020
Day 2 of our land adventure started with a lovely walk along the cliffs just to the east of Antalya, to the Lower Duden Falls, said to be a spectacular cascade that occurs as the...
2019 / Turkey - The Pamphylian Region
by Chantal & David · Published August 2, 2019 · Last modified January 22, 2020
Having risen early to make the most of the day, we jumped in what was one of the better cars we have hired during our adventures, it actually had seat belts and usb sockets...
2019 / Turkey - The Lycian Coast
by Chantal & David · Published July 31, 2019 · Last modified January 22, 2020
We had a fabulous sail down to Antalya with 18 knots pushing us along, with a few gybes, right to the entrance of the marina, where we moored up safely, gave the boat a...
