Motor Boat & Yachting

TURKISHDE LIGHT

They say that the day you buy your boat and the day you sell it are the two happiest days of your boating life. Well let me tell you, that is a load of old balderdash; it simply means you’ve bought the wrong boat. And here’s how I know…

After our early season meander through the Cyclades, we’ve returned to Kos, where we’re lying on a beach close to the marina. I’d rather be on one of the unspoilt beaches in the west of the island, but this one is convenient, even if the music is too loud, the sunbeds too close and too many men are wearing hideously brief bathing attire. On the plus side, the sun is hot, the water clear and the cocktails delicious; there are worse places to be!

Frank’s phone rings and from his half of the conversation, I deduce that it is a marine agent. With changes on the horizon at home, we reluctantly decided a couple of months ago to put our lovely Azimut on the

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