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Sailing Squib - We'll take care of the rest on the way - Westward in the Sea of Marmara/ 25
9 April 2026 · 26 min · 1K views · Marmarameer
Dust clouds rise from island quarries across Marmara Sea
What this video covers
Sailing west across the Marmara Sea toward Greece, the crew of Squib covers roughly 50 miles over two days from the Fenerbahçe area near Istanbul, targeting Limnos as their entry port into Greece.15:10 Wind on day one swings between calm and 30 knots, forcing repeated reefing and shaking out of the genoa all afternoon; they anchor after sunset near an unnamed industrial town, using deck lighting to set the hook in a sand bottom.4:47 A rolling 30-cm swell through the night disrupts sleep despite the sheltered position.8:09 Day two targets Büyükada, the largest island in the Marmara Sea, 33–35 miles on.14:01 The Windpilot wind vane steers throughout but struggles with large beam swells.15:43 The steering system has grown stiff — a blocked sheave buried behind the fuel tank in the aft locker — and in harbor the crew cuts through paint-seized screws with an oscillating tool, cleans and greases the sheave, and retightens the steering wheel's axle bolt, reducing steering friction by roughly 80 percent.25:08 Unexpected 30-knot gusts and breaking seas on the island's north side force abandonment of the planned anchorage; they take refuge in a small ferry harbor behind a breakwater.22:42 Four days without a weather forecast push the skipper toward attempting a night passage through the Dardanelles if conditions allow.17:11 Seized steering hardware buried under paint layers requires cutting tools to access and should be serviced before departure, not mid-passage.25:19
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