Photos from the Eastern Mediterranean Yacht Rally.  Click on photograph for a larger view.
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This is the Rally's official map.  We joined in Kemer, which is just above the XV, and departed the rally in Ashkelon, Israel..  We then traveled to Istanbul on our own.

 
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Castle in Alanya, Turkey An unexpected surprise; a Mass at St Paul's Church in Tarsus
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An island castle off Mersin, Turkey Ancient temple to Bacchus, god of wine
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Three shots of the Bahai temple in Haifa, Israel
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The welcome in Ashkelon, Israel
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Students welcoming us in song! Bazaar in Old Jerusalem
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We're floating in the Dead Sea,  the most saline water in the world!
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"THE ROPE!" and "THE KNOT"
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Another view of the knot. Note the wing engine's prop to the left; that's what got us to port.

 

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