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Volume 2 Issue 1 |
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November 2002 |
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EDITORIAL
Merhaba . . . .
Welcome one and all, old friends, new friends to this the first edition of the “Kronicle” for winter 2002/03.
Over the coming months we will be publishing this news letter on a monthly basis with the intent of passing on
information, stories, anecdotes, recipes etc etc. As usual we will be grateful for any and all articles which
you might want to include. Space is restricted so please try and make your items short. All formats are welcome,
hand written, diskette and photocopies, whatever.
Community life in Kemer Marina is generally organised by the Liveaboards with assistance from the Marina staff
and you are welcome to join in as much or as little as you like. There is usually something for everyone but if
not then try to organise your favourite pastime yourself – someone will help.
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GPS
Accuracy
Following recent testing the US Department of Defence now says GPS
accuracy is 33 meters and not 22 meters as commonly thought.
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EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
This year we seem to have more activities planned than ever. We are
therefore only going to list notified one off special events in this column. For all repeat activities;
See the Notice-board!
The next major “one-off” event will be Thanksgiving on the 28th
November Watch the notice-board for details.
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A man takes his Rottweiler to the vet and says,
"My dog's cross-eyed, is there anything you can do for him? "
"Well," says the vet, "let's have a look at him"
So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes, then checks his teeth.
Finally, he says "I'm going to have to put him down."
"What? Because he's cross-eyed?"
"No, because he's really heavy"
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Coming home to Kemer
It
was nice to return to Kemer for a second season, like coming home. Because we seldom visit the same place twice,
returning to familiar territory is a pleasure, especially when the friendly runabout comes out to escort us to
our slip. It is a pleasant experience to renew acquaintances made last year, and to be greeted by the friendly
faces of the marina staff. No time is lost getting into the swing of the community activities of the marina with
the Halloween party, Sunday walks, Happy Hours, aerobic classes, Wednesday trips to Antalya for the movies and
shopping, Turkish classes, Antalya Symphony quartet concerts in the Navigator, and the live aboard meeting with
Hasan outlining all the activities and services available to us over the winter.
The
morning VHF Kemer Net is a welcome addition to help our community of live aboards communicate with each other.
Thanks Frank, on Vision, for getting this going. Our winter community has the feel and intimacy of a small town
in which we know most of the people, and enjoy friendly supportive relationships with each other and with the
very pleasant helpful marina staff.
It
is good to be back home.
Aubrey Millard ‘Veleda IV’ |
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FOOD
FOR THOUGHT
The United Nations recently
conducted a worldwide survey in an attempt to solve the severe problem of food shortages across the world.
The survey consisted of one
question: ‘Please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food shortages in the rest of the world’.
It was a complete failure.
Africa didn’t know what ‘food’
meant, and Eastern Europe didn’t know what ‘honest’ meant.
Western Europe didn’t know what
‘shortage’ meant, and the Chinese didn’t know what ‘opinion’ meant.
The Middle East didn’t know what
‘solution’ meant.
And the Americans didn’t know
what ‘the rest of the world’ meant.
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Anchoring Styles:
After
years of exhaustive research into the various techniques of anchoring I am now pleased to share with our readers
the most common styles currently in use in the Med;
The
Faithful. Once into the bay, a seemingly random
length of line is dropped in a huge pile on top of the anchor. The captain and crew immediately disappear down
the hatch to pray that it holds well, or maybe to refill their glasses. Occasionally someone comes up again when
another boat starts shouting that they’re too close, but usually they just hang out a fender or suggest that
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The
Staring; When the boat approaches the anchorage,
all except the captain gather on the foredeck to watch the launch of the important anchor. They all stay on deck
after the anchor and a random length of chain have reached the bottom. Their final effort is to stare at the
place where the anchor is expected automatically to have dug itself into the seabed. This technique is often
used by charter boats.
The
Indecisive; This category often starts like the
previous type, with a large group of people on deck. The group starts to discuss the various alternatives. One
person – often speaking a Latin based language – gets excited and drops the anchor in a random place. The
captain doesn’t know what’s been decided as he couldn’t hear for the engine noise, but he can see several people
pointing at their favourite spots (all different). He selects his own place, and manages to lay over several
other yachts’ anchors as he aims for the quay. If they anchor off they usually end up only a few meters away
from another unhappy skipper, whose complaints they dismiss with “no problem”.
The
Stingy: The correct spot is identified, and
anchor chain up to two times the depth of water is let go. When the wind increases they often hang out one or
two fenders and ask any neighbouring boat if they may hang on to him/her with a line. Some captains also find it
safest to hang their anchor on another boats chain, on the principle that the other boat must have good holding.
This ought to be a beginners fault, but unfortunately is often seen on yachts without an electric windlass but
with a wind vane, whose captain thinks the Med is a calm pond. This captain wants to save the long chain until
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The
Farmers; These skippers often look very
professional. They put the boat full astern downwind and order the anchor to be dropped. The crew let go the
anchor by means of the electric windlass push buttons, and it makes a slow decent to the bottom. By the time the
anchor is close to the seabed the boat is going fast enough that the anchor and chain are bouncing along the
bottom, ploughing a deep furrow. This group very rarely get the anchor to hold even in reasonable conditions. If
the anchor does happen to dig in the boat seldom ends up where they want it to be. This category tend to control
most things with electric buttons…..
And
Finally….This is you isn’t it?????
The
Prepared; Any discussions of alternatives are
conducted in the cockpit, and all involved are told what the plan is and what they are to do. The anchor is
dropped carefully with due regard to other boats, hopefully in a sandy patch where the holding is good. The
captain signals the actual depth and how much chain should be let out (usually 4-5 times the depth of water; the
chain being marked so they know how much has gone out). It is let out steadily as the boat moves backwards in
the expected pull direction until the intended length of chain has been reached. Engine is engaged, first slowly
in reverse until the chain comes up tight, then hard astern. Bearings are checked to ensure that the boat isn’t
moving. If they’ve decided to go with a line to terra firma then mooring lines and fenders are in place
before the approach. 5-10 meters from the intended stop the chain is temporarily locked to have the anchor dig
in and check that it is holding before making fast to shore.
Ron
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Sea
Fare
Spice Bannock (for one)
120 ml all-purpose flour
50 ml
sugar
15 ml baking powder
10 ml mixed spices
(cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom) to taste
Milk
Oil (15 ml if using a
non-stick pan, otherwise a bit more)
Combine the dry ingredients; add milk to make a thick batter. Put oil in frying pan, add batter and spread over
pan to about 2 cm thick, cook over low heat till bottom is brown and top is firm, then flip and cook until
brown.
Substitutions: Add raisins or other chopped fruit; use 15 to 20 ml cocoa powder instead of spices; use more
sugar if desired.
Judy ‘Veleda IV’
(We
should have more space for additional recipes next issue)
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Bonfire Night
Many thanks to Steve and Jim (plus maybe some
others) for organising Bonfire night. This is a traditional English celebration remembering the
‘Gunpowder Plot’ when Guido Fawkes
attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. ‘Guy’ is now traditionally burned on top of the bonfire on
November 5th each year. Also thanks to all those who worked so hard to provide food for everyone.
Some of the recipes will be given in future editions. |
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Sunday Outings
(Any suggestions for future walks please contact Julie, Ron, Jean or Bob)
White House
27th October 2002
Hasan very generously spared some time
from his busy schedule of organising organisers in order to organise this the first of the seasons walks. A very
gentle hike (for most) up to the White House where Ibrahim and crew were ready to provide the welcome
refreshments.
Roman Bridge
3rd November 2002
The second outing of the season, organised by Bob and Jean was a combined hike/cycle ride up to the Roman
Bridge. A good turnout enjoyed the excellent weather and spectacular views and had a picnic lunch by the
river.
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Termessos
17th November 2002
Well, what a wonderful day. The weather
was incredibly kind to us with a lovely warm day and clear blue sky. 55 adults and a scattering of children left
just after 9.30 and arrived to a slightly chilly car park at Termessos about 11.20. Once we had climbed to the
main site and were back in the sunshine the temperature was just right and everyone went there own way to enjoy
the pleasures of this wonderful site. We are not sure if anyone else managed to find the elusive “big foot” but
just to prove that it exists here is a photograph of Julie pretending to be a leg.
Most people seemed about ready to
return by 15.30 although it was a little careless of one un-named lady to lose her husband!!! It’s OK though –
Julie found him for her???
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Advertisement
Roger Brett, SY Valerie Jean is repeating his infamous offer of
last winter!!! Roger, singer extraordinaire, is now taking bookings for weddings, bar-mitzvahs, funerals, and
general parties. Hear this man sing (preferably before you book him). The editors can accept no liability for
perforated eardrums or other damage caused by this man.
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Halloween Party
31st October 2002
The
first of the seasons ‘real’ parties, Halloween proved to be a huge success not least due to magnificent efforts
of Jean, Bob, Sharon, Randy and Kai with the ‘Haunted House’ – pretty spooky!! As usual many thanks to all the
staff who made an excellent effort to be part of the celebrations.
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The Military Send-off
A really wonderful send-off for
Umut and Caner who are both departing shortly to undertake their military service. The main highlights of the
evenings entertainment being Steve and Pia singing a touching duet before the ‘International Military Whistlers’
performed their ‘Bridge on the River Kwai’ special.
Much present giving and speech
making followed and I am sure I detected one or two damp eyes in the crowd. (Probably Hasan thinking of all the
extra work).
Umut and Caner – we will all
miss you – come and visit whenever you can and we look forward to your return in 18 months.
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Fish Bites
Thanks to ‘Linnea’ who supplied the wonderful Tuna fish for happy hour at the Navigator the first day after their
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TRAVEL SECTION
Steelbird Aviation
Winter Specials
Steelbird Aviation
sells flights right through the winter from Antalya to Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham. Flights from the U.K.
to Antalya are also possible.
They run a minibus service down the coast
from Marmaris-Koycegiz-Dalaman-Gocek to Antalya and return for departing or arriving passengers. You don’t have
to buy your flights from them to use the bus – they just need to have your reservation in advance and you can
pay on the bus.
Please phone their office for prices and
availability or email:
sales@steelbirdaviation.com
Tel: (0252) 692
3602/5073
Fax: (0252) 692 3669
JMC
are also doing flights during the winter to
Antalya from most of the UK charter airports (usually flying Tuesdays).
www.jmc.com
Backpackers Travel
do cheap flights, check them out at:
www.backpackerstravel.net
email:
info@backpackerstravel.net
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A man walks into a bar with a slab of
asphalt under his arm and says:
"A beer please, and one for the road."
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