nm East of Bodrum. It is an attractive
place with pine trees reaching down
to the water. The small hamlet creeps
out into the bay on a sandy spit and is
home to four restaurants of which three
have their own moorings and quay. As
yachts enter the bay the motor boats
from each restaurant zoom out to
their moorings grab a buoy and wave
it energetically to attract you to their
particular quay.
We initially ignored their offerings
preferring to moor Mediterranean
style with the anchor on a long scope
and the stern tied to trees. The
restaurant looked inviting and young
legs needed a run ashore so after a
swim and a snooze we took up the
restaurant mooring challenge. It was so
straight forward. Make your restaurant
selection, get in the approximate area
and the enthusiastic ‘restaurant crew’
The charm of Rose Mary restaurant
take over securing you bow and stern
and plugging the electric in. In return
they hope you grace their table which
we did that evening having looked
at a lovely souvenir shop based in a
traditional Turkish house with a garden
full of vegetables, sheep and birds run
by an enterprising young lady who has
returned from Oxford University to look
after her Mother. Rose Mary Restaurant
was a delight and we slept soundly, well
fed and securely moored.
The new day dawned, as all days did
with bright warm sunshine, clear water
summoning you for a morning swim. It
just had to be done! Local fresh bread,
honey and local yoghurt made a great
start to the day and as the wind kicked
in we headed off downwind to the
rather mysterious sounding Amazon
Creek.
This is a beautiful estuary with pine
trees down to the water and their scent
The moorings at Cökertme
pervading everything. Good holding
ground and solid trees for the stern
lines made mooring simple. Exploration and scurrying wildlife was memorable. Needless to say being back on board was
revealed steps up the shoreline and great!
a good road that led to the rather
‘back to basics’ holiday camp and With the early morning swim now established as part of the holiday fitness regime
their restaurant. Had there been more we left in leisurely fashion to sail further into the Gulf toward Seven Islands for
guests and a busier restaurant it lunch in one of the very pretty bays. We were fortunate in that a Bavaria 44 left just
would have seemed less like eating after us and seemed to be heading the same way. Never one to resist competition
at a well supervised boarding school we sailed as well as we could to ensure we were first to the seven islands. This
but supervision from plentiful staff and necklace of islands protects sheltered, clear and reasonably deep water and
swarms of mosquitoes did not make magical bays. The gullets know exactly where to take their clients and finding a
this the dining experience of the trip. gullet free bay can be a challenge but we found a super spot for lunch before
However the walk back in the dark heading further east toward Degermen Buku for the evening. The wind died and
surrounded by bats, screeching owls we motored deep into this sheltered area eventually finding a stern too berth at Yat
8  MULTIHULL REVIEW : JULY 2009
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