(May 2009)
We got to the beginning of the Dardanelles at about 5pm on a calm evening. At times we got some assistance from the sails but really it was all engine work. We’re not complaining though as we both agreed that we wouldn’t like to have had wind to contend with as well as the tidal stream. In the approach from the south we had up to a knot of tide against us from at least Bozcaada Island. We kept to the low powered yacht route in the Dardanelles and even so we had about 2.5 knots against us in the entrance and at any headlands, narrows or bends. In between it went down to 0.5 to 1 knot and very occasionally, when we were able to follow the edge of a bay, we had up to half a knot with us.
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