In this episode of Sailing A B Sea we arrive at D-Marin Marina at Didim, Turkey and contact a couple of technicians.

The first tech discovers that our outboard motor carburetor is clogged by dirty fuel and hauls it away for cleaning. We ask the second tech "Is our alternator working correctly?" He says it is, but the old diode battery isolator has a fault and is not properly charging all three battery banks. He can't find a replacement locally so after 3 days we leave the marina and head for Bodrum where we hope to get the replacement parts that we need.

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It's just after 10 o'clock on Saturday

morning and we are still in Didim at

the D-Marin marina in Turkey. We just had

the

electronics guy around so what he's

determined is there is a fault in a ... it's

a kind of distribution box. He's

gone off to see if he can get a

replacement one. Time is ticking and we

have to leave tomorrow

House batteries checked and getting a

charge. Starter battery

checked and not getting a charge.

Alternator belt

tightened up didn't rectify the problem

but it is this box down here

where the main power comes in and then

gets distributed to the

three different sets of batteries and that

is the thing that needs replacing

After departing Greece our decision to

check into Turkey at D-Marin marina was

because it's simple and quick

D-Marin at Didim is one of the largest

luxury marinas in the eastern

Mediterranean for yachts and super yachts

From 8 metres to 70 metres there are 576

berths with 90 berths

dedicated to super yachts

Immigration, customs and port police

buildings are all on site and by using

the super efficient services of Atilla the

agent the whole process is seamless

The D-marin Yacht Club is

very special with a wonderful pool area

superb menu for dining at any time of

the day and very attentive staff

The views are both breathtaking

and relaxing

Quay-F Restaurant

Just an update on this Saturday's events

regarding the

various mechanics that have been to

visit the boat the electronic

guy couldn't find a replacement...

the box that distributes the power to

the various battery banks

so what he said is if we're heading

south down to Marmaris area

we can definitely more than likely 100%

get one in Marmaris because

that is the capital of boat maintenance

in this coast of Turkey and it's very

simple all I've got to do is disconnect

the four cables

dismount the unit, put the new unit in

its place and reconnect the four cables

and that should fix that problem so

at least we've taken another bite out of

that little issue

and we know that a fix is just a few

days down south.

And the other thing is that

the guy who took away the outboard when

his technician opened it up and looked

inside the carburetor

it was just full of gunk

and that came from bad fuel. The main

fuel tank that lives

in the dinghy was half full of fuel when

we went onto the hard

and I didn't know that modern

fuel goes all

gunky and gluey. After a few months it

just goes off

so I just topped that tank off with

fresh fuel before we left and of course

it still has the fresh fuel and the old

fuel have still not

fixed any problem they've just gone more

gunky. So the outboard now works that's

great

he also got rid of the old fuel and

brought us some new fuel but it does of

course mean I still have 10 litres of

fuel that is in one of our extra spare

canisters that is definitely eight, nine

months old now

so I've got to find somewhere to dispose

of that. I'm going to take the dinghy

over to

the petrol station over here and see if

I can dispose of it there and

refill the tank with fresh fuel so

that's the situation with that at the

moment. As we always say how do you eat

an elephant?

One bite at a time

The dry dock is huge

with space for 600 vessels and they have

huge lifting capacity they also have a

specialist catamaran centre

the bathroom facilities are large airy

and spotless

and there's plenty of hot water for long

Hollywood showers

which we certainly made the most of

Recycling on site is also a big thing

too which is good to see

Within the marina complex there are

opportunities for sports

wellness, dining out, shopping,

provisioning, technical services

chandlers and transportation to Didim

and the surrounding areas

Look Baz, just what you need! [Chuckles]

Yeah, I could come and sit here

for hours and practise!

This is an interesting little anchorage

in

Turkey and the name of it is on the

screen right now

We came in here yesterday afternoon

quite late and

we were having a steady 25 knots of wind

from the north west and it blew like

billio all night with gusts

up to 35. Over here

there is a little creek that runs out so

this area if you're anchoring consists

of quite a lot of mud

and if we look over here this area is

mostly sand

but mixed into the whole mud and sand is

a lot of weed

so you have to be sure that your

anchor's gone in to a sandy patch or a

muddy patch

so I would certainly suggest diving your

anchor once you've got it down

The white swimming area delineation

markers actually light up at night

so even if you came in here after dark

you would certainly see

where you could ... how far you could go

There's nothing much to speak of

on the shore here there's a lot of

construction going on but certainly

very few lights last night and certainly

no noise or people

This anchorage area consists of two

parts there's the north part and there

is the south part

Just behind that rock there are several

yachts at anchor

It's certainly a lot more lively over

there, there are many bars and

restaurants on the beach

and of course if you need food,

shopping, provisions

then there are shops in town there as

well. We're currently anchored in

six metres of water with 40 metres of

chain out

and even in the gusts overnight of at

least 35 knots

we held quite nicely. If the wind is not

holding you in the right position then

this huge

expense of exposure can bring in

some swells and you will get a little

bit rolly

and there's quite a lot of traffic here

and a few ferries and large ships that go

past throughout the day and night

This morning we leave this little bay uh

The name

of the place is on the bottom of the

screen right now and we head

a little bit further east into the bay

the huge bay that Bodrum resides in

and at Bodrum I've got

a bit of a plan. Aannsha's going to stay

on board

Yeah I've got editing to do yeah yeah

I'm behind

I've usually already done it by now

But that's sailing for you ... while I go

ashore

and grab a taxi and head to the big

Bodrum boat pawn shop

Which I want to go to but I can't

It's Captain's privilege! So we've got to list as

long as my arm

of things that I want to try and pick

up, hopefully they should have a lot of

it because

people have said they've got tons of

stuff there.

So it's just a few hours to Bodrum

we are not going to stay there because

there's a big blow coming in from the

north

with predicted gusts up to 37 knots

and uh we're going to try and get

a bit further east

where it's not so bad. So that's the plan

for today

Yeah. Better get that engine fired up hey?

Okay

I'll put my pc away now. Yeah

When we're sharing the

story of A B Sea and

Aannsha and I's journey

we generally keep it linear in fashion

and don't jump forward in time

but we've had a couple of comments not

too many, but just a couple ...

enough that I think I need to just say

that we're not trying to drag

this anode situation

out for you know shits and giggles or

um what's it called when you leave a

cliffhanger or anything like that

What we're actually doing, we're

portraying this whole anode situation

in a real linear timeline and

this is how we went through it, these are

you know this is the timeline that we

went through it

and you know um that that's

the frustration that we had to go

through as we were trying to figure out

what was going on, what was causing the

situation, what potential fixes we could

could make happen. What I can say

today is Tuesday the 25th

of August, so we're going to break the

rule here

we've jumped forward in time, this is a

real time thing

in an older time video. I have just

dived the underneath of A B Sea

in the marina here at Kaş and I can

tell you

that the third anode that we put on

didn't fizz, is still very much

attached to the the prop shaft

it is not fizzing and it hasn't

deteriorated

in any way more than would be expected

for the time

frame that the anode has been attached

to the prof shaft

now as to what the problem actually

was and any fix that

might have happened, I'm going to leave

that for the real time journey but for

those of you who are getting

I don't know frustrated by the lack of

an answer if

you like um that's just ... this bit's for

you guys okay?

So I'll just leave this in here.

Anyway talk to you later

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