We had planned to row to the restaurant for fresh bread, but they were one up on us and pulled alongside with their floating convenience shop. Two loaves of hot Turkish flat bread, can’t beat it.

It was dead calm, so after breakfast we motored off round the headland to Kisil Adasi – a rocky island off the coast near Bozburun. Picked a small inlet with clear deep,water, anchored with a shore line and everyone disembarked with snorkels and flippers to find new treasures. Apart from the regular sea urchins, of which there are plenty, there is another impressive type with extremely long spikes, like 150mm long.

We were visited by another couple of opportunistic boats selling homemade wares, so inevitably the ladies succumbed and bought various bits and pieces. The men just held back, wallets in hand.

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Moving on, there was barely enough wind to sail but we did it anyway. Anton was determined to sail at every opportunity, however since we have moved to the Turkish coast the wind has been very light compared to that experienced in the Greek islands off Rhodes. We arrived at Söğütköy to flag waving and a warm welcome from the staff of Captains Table restaurant. Sabit and Carlos knew me from previous visits and recognised the South African flag from way off. Sabit’s brother Sali used to run the restaurant but now lives in Holland with his Dutch wife and 3 kids. Had previously had such interesting discussions with him about the Turkish government. Unfortunately I missed his arrival back on holiday by a week.

Behind the clearly home-made jetty was a swimming area and chairs, where we parked off so that Jared and Yana could amuse themselves with the paddle boat and big neighbouring dog. Kept them busy for hours while the rest of the crew, who had been starved for internet, took advantage of the free Wi-Fi.

This is an unpretentious little working village, living off boat-building, fishing and some tourism. A few new restaurants and jetty’s have been built although I cannot imagine how they make any money with such an extremely short season and no tour boats (thank god). Nevertheless prices are cheap and everyone is friendly which is why I always stop over when sailing these waters.

The heat was intense so we had to wait until after sun-down before moving to dinner at tables laid on the jetty alongside the boats. Everyone got tarted up in their finest attire (relative term) for an entertains dinner. Carlos made one of his paper roses for Yana which went down well.