after the start of this race from Turgutreis to Bodrum, we had a great start and had most of the fleet behind.

Used the shore breeze almost to halfway but they caught up when they had the same breeze.

( ed. Levent is a uniquely honourable name . . . it was the name by which Imperial Ottoman Navy sailors were called.
It's not too dissimilar to complimenting a man as being a "Royal Navy sailor" or "the finest seaman", two hundred years ago . . . all in one word. )