Erdek, Sea of Marmara, Turkey

N40°23.75 E027°47.42
(May 2009)
Med moored to the quay wall. The holding was good. No charge (but see June entry below). AC and water but only a couple of electric points work and the locals tend to monopolise them. The fuel station by the ferry berth doesn’t sell diesel but we got diesel from a ‘Total’ mini tanker. They seem to be around a lot refilling stuff at the ferry jetty. The town was great; we really liked it. There’s an abundance of shops and several supermarkets (I liked “Gross” supermarket – turn left after the Sok on the front and it’s down that road on the right).

(June 2009)
Not the place to be in a southerly wind. We were woken up at 2am. Although the wind was only about 15 knots there was pandemonium in the harbour. The sea was washing over the quay and we were snatching and bouncing up and down. The fishing boats had all taken off from the quay and were steaming around like crazed maniacs. The police and the harbour master both arrived. They didn’t tell us to leave but just wanted to be sure our anchor was in well. It was, but it was so lively that we didn’t want to risk getting a line snapped, a cleat pulled out or getting hit by some other boat that was out of control. We left. It took us a couple of hours to get to the calm of Kalem Limanı, Paşalımanı Adası.