Photos from a day tour to the Eastern panhandle of the ısland of Cyprus - the Roman cıty ıs called Salamıs..... the mosque was rather blatantly converted from a church ( one of 365 churches around the area ın the Venetıan tımes) to a mosque by demolıshıng the steeple and buıldıng a mınaret ınstead - sımple!!
paıntıng the lıfeboats
Salamıs, named by Solomon after hıs wıfe
Kekova vıllage, Kekova Roads
Here also are some earlıer photos of the Gılberts on Rumpus ın Kekova Roads
Murray checkıng the moorıng lınes on Rumpus
Friday, May 28, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Rumpus ın Turkısh North Cyprus
Here we are ın Turkısh North Cyprus,beautıful weather and some very ınterestıng people. A drınks do last nıght ın an old castle.... today lots of chores on the boat ( the down sıde of the lıfestyle. I suppose...
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Where the Emyr rally is sailing
Rumpus is presently in Kekova roads where there are sunken towns and sarcophagi in the shallows. All well on board. Skippers report follows....
Managed to sort all the lockers today so things are a little more ship shape as we used to have them
Goodalls arrived today though I haven't seen them yet ( Pam and Keith Goodall on Savarna - their blog here)
lots of french on the rally and 2 extreme characters- 1 french - 1 owns a 44.7 but only sails on the jib much to the frustration of his crew
all seem very nice and it is great fun to be part of it all again"
Labels:
EMYR,
kekova roads,
Savarna
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
May 2010 - a while since the last update!
Rumpus: Adventures in Turkey.....
Rupe has relaunched Rumpus, after two years' separation and lots of surgery and recovery ( and fortunately, recently sailing in the Hauraki Gulf.) Rupe has rejoined the Eastern Mediterranean Rally, and is on his way to the gulf of Gocek.. last heard en route to Gounos with Murray and Andrea Gilbert on board.
We did the rally in 2008 and had such a wonderful time that we are doing it again.
We are yacht 1031 in the rally, colloquially known at the EMYR - this is the twenty first year that the rally has travelled, with its fleet of brave and crazy souls, from Turkey to Egypt and all places in between. Here is the rally website: http://www.emyr.org/
To see where we are going, look here
This year we have fewer Americans and more French and British people in the rally, and a smattering of New Zealanders; ourselves, a boat called Kiwi Volant, and Keith and Pam Goodall on Savarna. Now of course this is a rally not a race, but try telling that to the boys....
I will be travelling over in a week, joining Murray, Andrea and Rupert in Alanya. Internet access is patchy, so we will see how we go with the blog!!
Gabe trying to steer High Octane on the Hauraki Gulf, Auckland April 2010
Gabe on the sand dunes, where the pied stilts live, West Coast, New Zealand Jan 2010
Our beautiful cat Mars who sadly was killed last Saturday; his nine lives were short and full of adventure, cuddles and love.
Rupe has relaunched Rumpus, after two years' separation and lots of surgery and recovery ( and fortunately, recently sailing in the Hauraki Gulf.) Rupe has rejoined the Eastern Mediterranean Rally, and is on his way to the gulf of Gocek.. last heard en route to Gounos with Murray and Andrea Gilbert on board.
We did the rally in 2008 and had such a wonderful time that we are doing it again.
We are yacht 1031 in the rally, colloquially known at the EMYR - this is the twenty first year that the rally has travelled, with its fleet of brave and crazy souls, from Turkey to Egypt and all places in between. Here is the rally website: http://www.emyr.org/
To see where we are going, look here
This year we have fewer Americans and more French and British people in the rally, and a smattering of New Zealanders; ourselves, a boat called Kiwi Volant, and Keith and Pam Goodall on Savarna. Now of course this is a rally not a race, but try telling that to the boys....
I will be travelling over in a week, joining Murray, Andrea and Rupert in Alanya. Internet access is patchy, so we will see how we go with the blog!!
Gabe trying to steer High Octane on the Hauraki Gulf, Auckland April 2010
Gabe on the sand dunes, where the pied stilts live, West Coast, New Zealand Jan 2010
Our beautiful cat Mars who sadly was killed last Saturday; his nine lives were short and full of adventure, cuddles and love.
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