Mandraki Cove, Kastellorizon

N36°08.92 E029°35.89
(April 2010)

Anchored in the middle of Mandraki harbour. It’s shallow: we were anchored in 4m and weren’t as close in as we would have liked but it was close enough to get adequate shelter. The holding was good. A very pleasant and attractive spot.

I read an old note, in the Turkish Waters Pilot, that it was possible to check into Greece at Kastellorizon but not possible to get a Transit Log. As we already had a Traffic Document, and as EU citizens we don’t need a Cruising Permit, we thought we’d see if we could complete the formalities here. The Port Control Office is on the end of the jetty (pass the Duty Free shop and keep going, towards the end and around to the right). The Customs Office is next door. Passport Control is in a portacabin outside Duty Free. The Port Control guy was the most courteous and accommodating official we’ve ever met. We paid our €15 check in fee and €10 for two nights port dues, got our Traffic Doc stamped in and out of Kastellorizon at the same time (to save us from returning for an exit stamp the next morning), completed a crew list and lodged copies with Port Control and then with Passport Control who also checked our passports. The Customs lady spends a lot of her time at the Duty Free shop and she made sure we were pointed in the right direction for each official. Checking in there was a pleasant, straightforward experience for us.