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 Volume 1 Issue 1

         

October 2001

EDITORIAL

Merhaba . . . .    

Welcome one and all, both to Kemer Marina and to this, the first edition of the Kemer Kronicle. We hope that you will all find this monthly ‘Newsletter’ to be informative and amusing. The ‘editors’ will always appreciate any information, stories or gossip (especially gossip) for publication. As they say; omissions or errors are not the responsibility of the editors so please don’t sue us. (see Hasan instead) Contributions to either Ron or Julie (Gladlee of Guernsey – G33).

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 Happy Hour at The Navigator” is from 18.00 – 19.30 every day, drinks at ‘2 for 1’!!!

 

 
 

EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

 Porthole III Meeting
Thursday 1st Nov
18.00
 
Aerobics:
 Mondays, Wednesdays
& Fridays
08.30 (~40 mins)
at tennis court
or Cakabey Restaurant.
 
 Turkish Lessons:
Tuesdays & Fridays
 17.00 – 18.00
 
French Conversation:
Thursdays
17.00 – 18.00
 
Bridge Club:
See Julie “Gladlee of
Guernsey” ‘G33’
   

 Thought for the day:

“If a journey isn’t going to change you – why bother leaving home?”

    Jonathon Maslow

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 SUNDAY WALK

28th October

Our first of the season. Just a short one??  to the Roman Bridge. Depending on what you did with your clocks the previous night we all met up at either 08.30, 09.30 or 10.30 and Peter and Hasan led us off on what was a beautiful day, especially after the previous days rain. En route a few people were noticed obtaining their free lunch (fruit from the locals gardens), a number of comments were heard about how lovely, easy or difficult the walk was and one in particular about only having contracted for one and a half hours walking??

 

       

Sunday Walk (cont’d):

We all enjoyed our picnic lunches down by the river, some opting to buy beers and others opening bottles of wine. Hasan tells the editors that the walk was approx 16Km in total though for those who managed to get lost on the return it may have been somewhat more (Ron, Julie, John etc). Special mention must go to Irma (S/y Sugvogel) for completing the walk. Maybe we should all use a walking stick for future walks!! Very good participation for the first walk with the following “enjoying” the day:

Tary & Frank - Vision
Irma & Rudy - Sugvogel
Jean & Bob – Patient Lady
Stuart – Lady Aelious
Chen & Peter – Hae Twen
Cristal & John - Bluesipp
Trevor - Tarella
Daphne & Jim - Quintessence
Janny & Klaus – Maria Mia
Teneke & Chris - Rotirik
Ulla & Ingemar - Cocktail
Marge & Vic – Ice Maiden
Julie & Ron - Gladlee
Gillian & Brett – Blue Bayou
Monika & Hans – Akinom
Hasan – The boss

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Halloween Party:

Watch this space in next months issue – full write up and embarrassing photographs!!!!!!

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That Sinking Feeling:

Quite a few people were seen to be rushing off presumably to check their sea cocks after watching the unfortunate small gullet slowly sinking to the bottom of the marina on the last day of October. Doesn’t it just bring up those ‘goose bumps’.

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Definitive Definitions:

Sailing - The fine art of     getting wet and becoming      ill, while going nowhere slowly at great expense.

 

 

   

Knotty Wind Problem:

A quick formula for converting  knots to Beaufort and vice-versa:

Knots/5 + 1 = Beaufort,

Beaufort –1 X 5 = Knots. 

This works on centre range up

to F8.

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Smart by Nature

The rain brought out lots of ‘land’ crabs, seen on the Sunday walk, though unfortunately some of them didn’t understand the Highway Code!  A toad was also spotted by the roadside. Around the marina you can see many different birds including the Great Tit, Black Redstart, Pied Wagtail, Gulls and Long Legged Buzzards in the sky, as well as sparrows!

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Nautical Notes

Diesel combustion produces 1 gallon of water per gallon of fuel.  This combines with sulphur in fuel to make sulphuric acid which is then washed into the lubricating oil and pumped to all internal surfaces and bearings.  When engine is idle the acid stays on the bearings and eats them, when engine is used the acid washes away.

 

 

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