Today's task was to retrieve a bike from the marina. If we succeeded we could go for a sail.
This is the start of the trip to deliver Tai Mo Shan to the set of Mama Mia.
On board are Moya Bowler (Owner) Dave Colbert (Kiwi Skipper), and members Me (Ian Welsh), Brian Gascoigne, Norman Fyans and Nick Hart.
We got the bike and we're rewarded with a 'Trial Sail' under the tuition of Ali longtime crew of Tai and an expert in her arcane ways.
Out past the QE2 in Kushadasi Bay we started with the main, then the Genoa then the staysail. All was fine so returned to port to finish the preparations for departure tomorrow. Don't think I impressed anyone with my salty sea dog impression which culminated in heaving over the side. Dave has already marked my card as a liability. (No I wasn't hung over) I put it down to lack of sleep and my usual reaction to a swell after being off a boat for a month or so. | 