Hints on Buying A yacht in Turkey

There are four basic rules
1. Check the boarding ladder is secured
2. Don’t even look at a boat with a name like ‘Jessica’, it’s asking for trouble
3. Don’t take your dog with you
4. Do make sure you have with you a friend wearing a twin set , or layers of some sort
I love Sailing but I haven’t owned a boat since my divorce when I lost my crew, so I went over to Marmaris to look at a couple that were for sale. The second one was lying alongside in Netsell marina. A quite pretty Oceanis 32. Ex-charter. I had gone there with Lucy dog and a friend Joanne, with the intention of doing a bit of shopping as well. You can get some real bargains this time of the year in Marmaris.
We all went on board , Lucy was a bit nervous about the gangplank, but made it ok. The boat was a bit used but quite nice, and they said the one next to it, its twin, called Jessica, was also for sale. The broker chap just shoved the gang plank across to it at a slant. Joanne didn’t come on board and Lucy was wary, but I went on, had a look around, then heard Lucy whining and went back on deck to find she was still on shore but had knocked one end of the plank, the boat end, into the water. So I stepped down onto the sugar scoop to retrieve it. That’s the platform you jump off into the cool Mediterranean waters in July and August. You get back on by the boarding ladder which when not in use is secured up, by a piece of rope or a clip of some sort..
I had to bend down to reach the plank, so I held onto the boarding ladder, the thing which when not in use is secured up, by a piece of rope or a clip of some sort.. This one wasn’t.
Joanne who was watching said I described a very graceful backward roll into the gap between the pontoon and the boat. Then disappeared.
I have been in car accidents and when they happen everything slows down. That’s what happened here. I watched interestedly as the boarding ladder, me attached to it , did what it is supposed to do and went down into the water. I didn’t let go, so I went down with it. If I had thought I could have checked the underside of the boat. The water wasn’t at all cold. It didn’t taste too good, but it wasn’t cold. By the time I surfaced and pulled myself out, up the conveniently placed boarding ladder, Joanne had stepped down to help me out, but unfortunately she was too hysterical to help. That’s hysterical with laughter.
But her twin set came in useful, I had the cardigan, she the top, and her wrap , elegantly fringed, made a nice skirt. Bit drafty without knickers, and my sodden leather trainers didn’t really set off the ensemble, but at least I could get to the shops. The ones at the marina are really good, the Tommy Hilfiger trousers were half price, and OK the jewelled top and butterfly ear rings from a marvellous shop called Petite, weren’t essential, but I was in shock.
There are some other things to think about when buying a boat. Vat, ownership documents,country of registration, engine logs and so on. You can find out about those from lots of web sites. But NONE of them mention the importance of a twin set.