Pirate Treasure

Friday was the final day's sailing for Young Youngs. It involved a sail to the well-known but hard-to-find pirate lair on Tersane Island. The cunningly disguised entrance to the bay was no problem for the sharp lookouts, and KJ was soon anchored in the bay, and securely tied to the shore thanks to First Mate Eoin.

The children found Captain Flint's hidden treasure map, which showed the treasure was buried 4 paces North from the old olive tree that stood to the west of the third ruin on the shore. First Mate Eoin took the ship's short-boat along with his desperate companions Catfight Chloe, Fearless Francesca , and Blackheart Barney. They landed near the third ruin, found the tree, and with the ship's compass found the buried treasure. Meanwhile Sleepy Sebastian was held hostage on KJ in case they made off with the treasure.

After a quick swim, they prepared to make their escape, only to find an ally of Captain Flint had crossed their anchor and had them trapped. First Mate Eoin cowed the miscreants with a few sharp words and the good ship KJ sailed out of the cove to head for home. Just in time! Captain Flint's pirate ship, complete with skull & crossbones flag, appeared from Fethiye with a raucous crowd of rampaging pirates, intent on recovering the treasure to fund a night of debauchery and ice-cream. KJ made it safely back to Gocek, where the treasure was exchanged with local traders for jewellery and a magnet. Phew!