world coming to?  Do you people not have any standards?  This is a marina, a place where one can enjoy a pink gin and tonic without having to listen to grinding and scraping.  Please, please let’s keep it that way.

 

As I was taking my daily stroll around the marina yesterday, I noticed several things that were both shameful and environmentally unsound.  It seems that certain of my fellow yachtsmen are treating this place as a boatyard.  There was one man antifouling. Another rubbing his teak deck and a third was painting his chain.  What is the

Poets Corner

 

On the ancient wall of China

Where a brooding Buddha blinks

Deeply graven is the message

‘It’s later than you think’

The clock of life is wound but once

And no man has the power

To tell just when the hands will stop

At a late or early hour

Now is all the time you own

The past a golden link

Go cruising now my brother

‘It’s later than you think’

 

Text Box: Cocktail of the Week
The Perfect Bloody Mary

In a cocktail shaker pour a jigger of good vodka.  Add some ice, a sprinkling of celery salt, a teaspoon of horseradish and a pickled cucumber.  Splash in some Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco to taste. Grind some black pepper and top up with tomato juice.  Give it a good shake and pour into a highball glass.  Finish with a stick of celery and enjoy.
K Floyd

www.peteandbo.piczo.com

 

Pete and Bo’s website is essential reading for anyone in the Marmaris Bay area. It has detailed information for all cruisers wintering in Marmaris Yacht Marina, and includes lots of fun images of all the parties and events that are held.

Check out the feedback page, which includes cruising tips and tricks.

If you want to know what goes on at Ladies Coffee Morning, read Bo’s thrilling weekly account here!

Letters to the Editor

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Shuttle  return service

 

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Dear Ed,

I'm completely incensed at the way in which the net (VHF Channel 69, 0900hrs UHT) is contravening Ofcom regulations. On Monday someone requested assistance in getting his liferaft serviced when it was clearly asked in the taxi-share section, whilst on Wednesday the comprehensive weather forecast was pillaged by a priority announcement regarding the canteen menu. I find it utterly disgraceful that responsible yotties behave in this manner and I would like to remind VHF owners that this kind of behaviour is only permitted if you have one of those radios that goes “skwwwrrrrkkkk” at the end of your transmission.

Yours, Gabe Barr

Dear Ed,

I would like to express my concern that no area in the marina is safe to walk without looking down, and the reason for this is the smelly treasures left unnoticed by the

untrained owners of dogs.  I cannot blame the animals themselves so my urgent plea is directed at the owners to, please, monitor their dogs’ movements and remove these unhealthy parcels from the marina’s paths and walkways.

Concerned of Yacht Marine

 

Dear Ed,

I was really pleased to see that Marmaris Yacht Marina have put up yet another 200m tower. It certainly beats Netsel's 195m effort.

Yours faithfully, Drew Peacock

 

Dear Ed,

Apparently there are 49 boats with pets on board in the marina, yet the shop tells me that it sells 51 packets of pet food per week. Clearly someone is using this extra food to their advantage and possibly setting up a black market in animal snacks.

Yours, Jenny Tull

 

Dear Ed,

Is there a place in the marina where I can leave my children when I go off on an extended cruise?

Yours Hopefully

 

Dear Ed,

Should women be allowed to sail on their own?

Miss O Genist

 

Dear Ed,

What is the best method for attracting the attention of the Yacht Marine bar staff?

From Everybody

 

Dear Ed,

What makes a successful liveaboard yacht?

From A Bavaria owner

 

Dear Ed,

Marmaris Yacht Marina is very happy to welcome this new project. It promises to provide us all with a forum in a format not previously used before. We wish you success and we look forward to contributing to future issues with everybody else.

Nazli Arslan Operations Manager, Marmaris Yacht Marina

 

Dear Ed,

Am I allowed to beat my crew?

Capt. Bligh

 

Dear Ed,

Will this newspaper be available in German?

Boris Becker

 

Ed Replies:

If anyone would like to submit a page, in any language, I will be happy to incorporate it into this publication.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dear sir,

I sent in my letter like everyone else and was most upset to see that, although you published it, you put a box around it. Please have this sorted by the next edition.

P. A. R. O’noid of Netsel

portholenews@gmail.com