EDITORIAL

Merhaba . . . .
Welcome one and all, old friends, new friends to this the first edition of the "Kronicle" for winter 2002/03. Over the coming months we will be publishing this news letter on a monthly basis with the intent of passing on information, stories, anecdotes, recipes etc etc. As usual we will be grateful for any and all articles which you might want to include. Space is restricted so please try and make your items short. All formats are welcome, hand written, diskette and photocopies, whatever.
Community life in Kemer Marina is generally organised by the Liveaboards with assistance from the Marina staff and you are welcome to join in as much or as little as you like. There is usually something for everyone but if not then try to organise your favourite pastime yourself - someone will help.

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GPS Accuracy

Following recent testing the US Department of Defence now says GPS accuracy is 33 meters and not 22 meters as commonly thought.

EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
This year we seem to have more activities planned than ever. We are therefore only going to list notified one off special events in this column. For all repeat activities;

See the Notice-board!

The next major "one-off" event will be Thanksgiving on the 28th November Watch the notice-board for details.

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A man takes his Rottweiler to the vet and says,
"My dog's cross-eyed, is there anything you can do for him? "
"Well," says the vet, "let's have a look at him"
So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes, then checks his teeth.
Finally, he says "I'm going to have to put him down."
"What? Because he's cross-eyed?"
"No, because he's really heavy"

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Coming home to Kemer
It was nice to return to Kemer for a second season, like coming home. Because we seldom visit the same place twice, returning to familiar territory is a pleasure, especially when the friendly runabout comes out to escort us to our slip. It is a pleasant experience to renew acquaintances made last year, and to be greeted by the friendly faces of the marina staff. No time is lost getting into the swing of the community activities of the marina with the Halloween party, Sunday walks, Happy Hours, aerobic classes, Wednesday trips to Antalya for the movies and shopping, Turkish classes, Antalya Symphony quartet concerts in the Navigator, and the live aboard meeting with Hasan outlining all the activities and services available to us over the winter.
The morning VHF Kemer Net is a welcome addition to help our community of live aboards communicate with each other. Thanks Frank, on Vision, for getting this going. Our winter community has the feel and intimacy of a small town in which we know most of the people, and enjoy friendly supportive relationships with each other and with the very pleasant helpful marina staff.
It is good to be back home.

Aubrey Millard 'Veleda IV'

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