Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Çıplak Adısı

Translates as naked or nude, I guess we should call it Bare Island. Nothing spectacular, but it was nice to anchor somewhere with no other boats after a few weeks of harbours and marina. A shepherd on a donkey brought his sheep down to their shelter for the night, so there was the gentle sound of the lead sheep's bells, and the shepherds encouragements. It was Sabine's first time to hear this, she loved it. There are a few in the photo you probably can't see, but the evening before the shore was crawling with black and white rabbits! Nice big fat ones. So much easier than building hutches, just get and island and let them go free. I suppose they shoot the predators…..
We had our papers checked mid-water by the Turkish coast guard. He asked if I spoke Turkish, I said (roughly translated) "I learned words but grammar there isn't" and he told me my grammar was perfect. Clearly an exaggeration! They couldn't believe we were going all the way to Australia on the boat. One of them spoke to me at length while taking the bow rope, no idea what he said, but the verb 'to wait' was used a lot, and 'tea and coffee' several times also. Perhaps he thinks sailing to Australia involves a long wait and a lot of çay?



2 comments:

  1. Hi All, it looks as though your Turkish "Bare Island"could do with some of the rain we are having here at present.It looks(from the photos) as though the sheep would have a problem to find many blades of green grass!The customs officer that was checking you papers seemed like a friendly fellow.It amazing how many languages have the similar names for "Tea", especially those whose borders connect to China.
    Robert,have you checked your emails lately, both William and I are waiting for replies.
    Had a chat with Sam yesterday, he has crossed the Nullarbor to SA and is at Streaky Bay.
    Love from Us.

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  2. Rob,and Crew, A matter of Flag Etiquette:- I just noticed in your photo,that you are not flying the Australian "Red Ensign"?
    This is the correct identification flag to fly, for an Australian registered vessel at sea.

    The flag on your stern appears to be an ordinary Australian flag (Jack)never flown when underway.
    There is a recent exception made for privately owned unregistered vessels.

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