Eski Foca,Turkey
05 August 2018 | Turkey
Dierk and Sabrina
5 August
After leaving Bademli we traversed the Candarli Korfezi to a small seaside village called Eski Foca. Generally an uneventful sail, but the waters in this gulf were quite confused. There was swell coming at us from the northwest and simultaneously from the northeast out of the gulf. No problems, but weird.
As we approached Eski Foca, one could see it was quite picturesque. Surrounded by barren islands. As we entered the bay a windsurfer had fallen off his board and by some fluke the sail and boom landed on top of the sailboard's deck and it sailed away from him as fast as he could swim. Clearly in trouble we motored over and caught his board. As he caught up, to you could see the relief on his face. He was fairly spent, but jumped on his board and sailed away, making for the shore post haste.
Anyway, we made for the town quay and hovered out the front waiting for some guidance. Finally a couple of guys on the shore beckoned us in to a place. The docking was a bit different in that the lazy line was attached to a buoy, which was really good. Easy to pick up with a boat hook. Sabrina usually docks the boat. She' s really good at it. The guys on the shore were somewhat surprised see a woman dock. As usual she greased it in, and all the old mates were relieved...no problems at all boys, stay cool and pour a Kiera.
As it turned out we were very luck to get a place here. A local boat must have left for a few days and we took up his berth. It was a great place. Obviously a holiday area, very pleasant. It was great to stop for a while as we had to repair the battery charger and one of the toilets. There were chandlers here, so it was all good.
We ended up staying two nights. This town is alive at night around the corner from the quay. All manner of eateries. One night we listened to a jazz band. Good music and really talented musicians and vocalists, but it had a Turkish slant to it. Unique, that is for sure.
Eski Foca lies at the entrance to Izmir Korfezi, the gulf that leads to Izmir, one of the major cities on the Turkish coast. We were originally going to go to Izmir, but you know what, we were over large cities, so we decided on leaving we would head off toward or surrounds Cesume instead because we did not have to travel 20 miles or so down this gulf to get to Izmir.
Eventually the plan was to end up at Port Alacati, Turkey's premier windsurfing location.