S3#52. 50 KNOT STORM!!! Our Anchor Drags and Boats Collide!

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Join us as we say goodbye to our Patreons after one last lovely sail downwind with the Oxley back to Fethiye. We share their feedback about the experience and then sail south to Butterfly Valley, a pirate cove used for ambushing ships in the past!
We enjoy the valley and walk up the steep gorge to a beautifully refreshing (freezing) waterfall an enjoy the clear waters and dramatic steep cliffs...
While anchored in a very protected bay, we get hit by a 50 knot storm with lightning all around and we drag anchor between and into very congested area of boats. Boats collide around us as we fight to control the boat and avoid direct hits ourself, camp;ered by the fact that we could not look forwards at all and I have to motor the boat back and forth looking only sideways for a reference point for our position.
Of when emergencies arise, somethings go wrong and we are unable to open the anchor locker that we eventually prise open with a screwdriver and pliers.... Eventually the storm passes and we return to our half eaten dinner and wine in our glasses still waiting to be drunk...
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