Episode 1 Leaving our Comfort Blanket - What have we done !!!

SAILING DON'T PANIC — S1 E1 Leaving Our Comfort Blanket | Taking a Leap Into the Unknown We'd spent years living the marina life. It was safe, comfortable and familiar — but eventually, we realised that if we were going to live aboard Don't Panic, we needed to actually go and experience the life we'd dreamed about. So we took a leap into the unknown. In this first episode of Sailing Don't Panic, we take you back to where our journey really began. From our current-day launch in Greece, we rewind to Turkey and the moment we finally left our marina behind and started life on the hook. Join Tony, Zoe, Malcolm & Lulu as we explore the stunning waters around Göcek and Fethiye, discover what life is really like at anchor, sail through Turkey, explore some incredible places and eventually leave Don't Panic behind for the winter. There are beautiful anchorages, swimming, food, sailing, parties, plenty of laughs — and a few hints that life outside the marina isn't always quite as easy as it looks! And this is only the beginning... Next time, things take a very different turn. ⛵ IN THIS EPISODE 🌊 Leaving marina life behind ⚓ Our first life on the hook around Göcek 🏝️ Exploring Göcek & Fethiye 🐕 Meet our crew — Malcolm & Lulu 🌅 The highs and lows of life at anchor ⛵ Winter sailing in Turkey 🏝️ Bacardi Bay and the Turkish coast ⚓ Fethiye Fireworks 🌪️ And a first glimpse of what's coming next... 00:00 Taking a Leap Into the Unknown 01:26 Arrive in Ancona 02:23 Arrive in Lavrio 04:25 Standard Intro Clip 05:10 Leaving our comfort blanket 10:05 Meet the Crew — Malc & Lulu 10:47 Our New Life on the Hook 12:00 Cleopatra Bay 12:32 Buyukaga Koyu 13:50 Bacardi Bay 15:07 Why we left 17:20 Exploring Fethiye 24:42 NYE Fireworks 25:31 Next Time on SDP - The Storms of Turkey 🐕 MEET THE CREW Tony & Zoe Living aboard our Leopard 44 catamaran Don't Panic and attempting to work out what we're doing as we go! Malcolm & Lulu Our two Jack Russells and, depending on who you ask, probably the real stars of the channel. Malcolm also has his own channel: @malcthedog 📍 WHERE WE ARE This episode takes us through some of our favourite parts of the Turkish coast, including: 🇹🇷 Göcek 🇹🇷 Fethiye 🇹🇷 Bacardi Bay 🇹🇷 Cleopatra Bay 🇹🇷 Turkish Mediterranean & Aegean coast Our journey will eventually take us from Turkey into Greece, through the Dodecanese and across the Cyclades. 📺 ABOUT SAILING DON'T PANIC We're Tony, Zoe, Malcolm & Lulu aboard Don't Panic, our Leopard 44 catamaran. We're documenting the highs, lows, adventures, disasters, technical problems, beautiful places and occasional moments where we wonder whether we really thought this through! This isn't a channel about perfect sailing. It's about the journey. 🔔 FOLLOW THE JOURNEY Subscribe to Sailing Don't Panic for new episodes every two weeks. Sailing Dont Panic on Facebook facebook.com/sailingdontpanic Sailing Dont Panic on Tiktok tiktok.com/@sailingdontpanic Sailing Dont Panic on Insta instagram.com/sailing_dont_panic Malc The Dog on YouTube    / @malcthedog   #SailingDontPanic #SailingTurkey #SailingLife #CatamaranLife #Leopard44 #MediterraneanSailing #SailingAdventure #LifeAtAnchor #SailingGreece #Liveaboard #malcthedog