Selivri
Scott-Free’s blog
Steve & Chris
Sun 21 Jun 2009 07:44
41:04.2N
28:14.5E
Sunday 21st June
2009
The only worthwhile
thing about Ataköy was its fuel berth which was an easy alongside stop -
oh, and being able to hose down the boat. The water, however, was not
potable - that price and you can't even drink the water! We filled up
anyway because we have a Seagull filter which takes anything horrible out of the
water so for us the water quality is not a problem. We have a dedicated
drinking water tap in the galley which the filtered water comes through.
Water for washing up and washing ourselves we don't bother to filter, except for
an inline filter in the hose that takes out larger
particles.
Anyway, we
left Ataköy with a shiny clean boat and full fuel tanks, and headed for
Silivri, about 30 miles along the North coast of the Sea of
Marmara.
What a lovely place
it is! So different from last night's stop.
We arrived in the
harbour and were looking around for a space, when a guy on the fishing quay
waved us over. We went bows to between the little fishing boats, and the
guy helped us tie up so that there was still room for his friend's boat when it
came in. He tied us to his own little fishing boat just to make sure we
left enough space. We invited him on board for a beer, which he readily
accepted, and stayed for another! He had little English but with our
little Turkish we managed a conversation of sorts.
S-F
amongst the fishing boats and
nets
She stood out a bit!
The prom
at Silivri - very clean &well-kept
We found a
supermarket just back from the harbour and stocked up, then had dinner at a
waterfront restaurant before retiring for a good night's sleep, interrupted
only by the local cats leaping about on deck in the middle of the
night!
This harbour
we would thoroughly recommend!