Lapseki Dardanelles
Arwenofbosham
Rob and Jacky Black
Sun 22 May 2011 08:14
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40 21.1 N 26 41.4 E
Tuesday 17th - Wednesday 18th May
Lapseki is a small fishing harbour with a new outer
protective wall giving good all round shelter. There were a number of medium
sized FBs alongside the inner jetty and then
lots more even smaller FBs alongside these so no
room for yachts alongside. However the harbour had sufficient space and depths
in the centre for 4 - 5 yachts to anchor.
We duly did and then stayed for two nights as the
weather was pretty miserable - drizzle and strong head winds to hinder progress
out of the Dardanelles. Our friends June and Steve on Piper
left on Wednesday and reported a very slow passage
at times only managing 2 knots against the wind and current. The holding was
excellent so despite strong gusts of wind we felt secure
for the next 24 hours and caught up on some sleep
having had several very early starts and long days to get here.
We left very early on Thursday heading for Erdik
some 50 miles into the Sea of Marmara. It was cold and damp and misty, with a
N.E. wind of around 15 knots so our progress was slow but we did manage to
maintain at least
4 knots most of the way and once out of the narrow
channel speeds picked up - we hoisted the main and this gave us a more
speed so managed a fairly quick journey to Erdik arriving around
1600.
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