We needed fuel and tried to get into the Marina where it the fuel is sold but it was far too windy to put the boat into such a tight fit, so we left Bodrum for a nice sounding little harbour called Cokertme. As we powered into the wind it kept building until the wind was nearly 30 knots on the nose (not forecast anywhere). At this point the 20 miles to Cokertme was going to be 6 hours of hell so we decided to change course down-wind. We had hoped to go to Knidos, location of an ancient amphitheatre but the wind and waves were too big so we opted for Ova Buku. It’s a tiny little harbour where a fellow named Ogun runs a restaurant and general store. 
We had a great dinner ashore, Ogun joined us for an hour chat. The food was excellent, we learned about olive trees and olive oil, and the local customs of Turkey. He was particularly angry at the local harbour master – the community owns the dock and some 1,200 yachts had visited so far during the year at around 35TL (A Turkish Lira is .5 Euro) and apparently, the revenue reported for the dock so far that year was zero – so he was tracking all the receipts he could to catch the guy. Apparently Turkey is trying to eliminate the backsheesh (bribery) that has gone on for millennia, in preparation for joining the EU sometime in the future.
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