The Dardanelles
May 17, 2016 16:46:54 GMT
Post by chuckr on May 17, 2016 16:46:54 GMT
Just ran the Dardanelles and it was shall we say a bit different. First it is long. We have been in big currents and in places where we had to deal with big ships but in the Dardanelles it was a big current for a long way and big ships will run you down and there is in places not a lot of places to pull over.
We left Bozcaada and headed over for stop in Canakkale. As we approached the entrance to the Dardanelles we had a tanker coming in from our port and ais said close approach and with 3 big ships behind him we slowed a bit from 6k and waited until we was at an angle that we could proceed and get in behind him. When I looked at our speed we were down to 3k not the 5 we wanted. So a bit of throttle and we move a bit then a bit more and finally we were at 3k rpm just trying to make 5k. Current was running between 2.5-4k.
We did well and at the narrow places the current was wicked and we watched a big tanker that was doing 12k slowed to 9k as it hit the current. we did pull into a wide space to let the 3 boats pass us and did a couple of compete turns before we proceeded into the narrow part and make the turn into Canakkale which is a very nice marina right downtown. If you get there you must visit Troy and Gallipoli and use a guide. We almost never use a guide but the battle field is so big that a guide can make complex understandable.
In Troy we did not want to use a guide but more than one person said we needed one if we want to understand it. Turns out a treasure hunter got permission to try and see if Troy did exist and made a real mess out of it. There is not one Troy but 9 Troys.
And a guide helps make sense of a messed up dig.
We left Canakkale at 0550 and had a great run into the Sea of Marmara. We had no big ships in our lane and had a little less current than farther south.
We left Bozcaada and headed over for stop in Canakkale. As we approached the entrance to the Dardanelles we had a tanker coming in from our port and ais said close approach and with 3 big ships behind him we slowed a bit from 6k and waited until we was at an angle that we could proceed and get in behind him. When I looked at our speed we were down to 3k not the 5 we wanted. So a bit of throttle and we move a bit then a bit more and finally we were at 3k rpm just trying to make 5k. Current was running between 2.5-4k.
We did well and at the narrow places the current was wicked and we watched a big tanker that was doing 12k slowed to 9k as it hit the current. we did pull into a wide space to let the 3 boats pass us and did a couple of compete turns before we proceeded into the narrow part and make the turn into Canakkale which is a very nice marina right downtown. If you get there you must visit Troy and Gallipoli and use a guide. We almost never use a guide but the battle field is so big that a guide can make complex understandable.
In Troy we did not want to use a guide but more than one person said we needed one if we want to understand it. Turns out a treasure hunter got permission to try and see if Troy did exist and made a real mess out of it. There is not one Troy but 9 Troys.
And a guide helps make sense of a messed up dig.
We left Canakkale at 0550 and had a great run into the Sea of Marmara. We had no big ships in our lane and had a little less current than farther south.
where you are heading ? Turkey ? Russia ? Bulgaria ?