Datça Turquie, port d'entrée pour la turquie

Körmen Limani est composé de deux bassins: à l'intérieur,(venant de la mer à babord) est utilisé par les pécheurs uniquement, l'autre est utilisé par les ferries , allant et venant de Bodrum (2 heures de traversée et jusqu'à 3 fois par jours en haute saison). Il n'y a de place que pour quelques voiliers  mais en général c'est bien vide !!
Un petit bar resto pour vous servir de quoi manger, pas très cher mais très simple.
Ce petit port est très venté et il n'y a pas beaucoup de choses à voir, il sert surtout de second port de Datça pour se diriger vers Bodrum. ( cela évite de faire le tour de la péninsule par knidos en bateau ou par marmaris en voiture)

La baie de MERSINCIK, quelques milles nautiques plus à l'Ouest, est trés ouverte au vent car à peine  abritée par une petite île, il y a pas mal de houle, donc peu recomandé, sauf si le vent vient du Sud (plus rare),cette baie devient un bon abri pour une nuit.

Le point le plus à l'ouest de la péninsule de Datça est KNIDOS, une citée antique de plus de 35000 habitants. Knidos possède deux ports, le premier située au Nord est un reste des temps anciens, et il n'est pas possible d'y mouiller, (trop peu profond). vous devez faire le tour et passer le Cap avec son phare au sommet, pour trouver le second port de Knidos.
Mouiller au centre d'une ancien port et citée est très impressionant, une petite marche pour découvrir les ruines est fortement conseillé, prenez bien 2 ou 3 heures pour faire le tour du phare, puis des ruines  de l'amphithéatre etc..
Le seul et unique restaurant de Knidos vous servira une cuisine traditionelle turque pour un prix plus élevé qu'à l'habituée étant donné l'accéssibilité du site et la location des murs très élevée pour le gérant.
Attention à toujours laisser une personne capable à bord du bateau, car l'ancre de votre voilier ne serra pas assez efficace dans le sable meuble du fond du port de knidos en cas de bourrasques.

If you stay over night, be carefull: during the day, the wind comes from WNW and blows over the lower part of the beach. (direction KOS, that can be seen in the distance). In the night, the wind turns to NNE, and so very strong falling winds come from direction of the theater! It is recommended to use very long chain (as long as it´s possible), add a second anchor and make sure, you don´t cross other boat´s anchor or that they don´t cross yours! There are very often anchorage-problems in the night, and the situations can be at least very uncomfortable, but dangerous as well, if someone picks your anchor and 2 or more boats hang together and are drive towards the rocks! There is a small wooden pontoon, but that is not very strong, and the boats a across the wind then with their side, and as well there the well dropped anchor can make the difference!

If you don´t want to stay under such circumstances, especially, when the bay is very full in summertime, better sail 10 nm further E to the small harbour of PALAMUT. This places gives a good shelter for about 20 boats. Inside it is deep enough, but the entrance can have variable depths - one must be carefull in the entrance, boats with more than 2m draught should not go there.

Palamut itself is a small village, before it was a farmer´s and fisherman´s place, today the people live as well (and mostly) from turkisch summertourists, who have theire summerhouses here. Some Tavernas and a small market. A long beach invites to relax and enjoy the nice nature around.

Another 5 nm W there is the big bay of MESUDIYE, followed by the small bay of OVA BUEKUE.

 

 

 

 

The first one on this location, in "pole position" is OGUEN´S PLACE. Here the sailors can take showers, wash their clothes, access to the internet and more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The whole family of Oguen and his sister SEMRA run the restaurant.

 

There are 2 other restaurants in Ova Buekue bay, and we heard only good feedbacks from these places, however, have never been there, as we are friends to OGUEN, SEMRA and their familiy meanwhile.

Another 10 nm E we circle the cape of Ince Burun with a small light(house) on it.

Behind that small peninsula one can stay as well, it is sheltered agains all W and N-winds. Unfortunately, there are some wasp-nests, and that caused quickest escape sometimes, because one can´t stay there ...
The wasps disappear with sunset, but in the morning, it is impossible even to sit there. We heard from Datca, that they want to do something against that, but even after years, the situation didn´t become better - unfortunately, it´s a nice place.

Next comes DATCA.
Datca was a small village some years ago - meanwhile, the turkish middleclass discovered the place and now the maintown area of the peninsula is covered with holiday-homes.

The mostly turkish tourists make Datca a vibrating town in summer: full with cars, visitors, noisy music until late in the night. The townhall said, they want to replace the Disco-Bars on the harbour-front with less noisy bars, and indeed the music was stopped from 12 at night in the last years (in 2005), but still it´s not a calm place, except in April, May and from October on.
The village itself kept it´s charm, even, when the biggest supermarkets of Turkey (Tansas, 3-4 km) have dependances meanwhile.

One stays on the harbour-side, end enjoy harbour-life.
We want to recommend to visit our friend ALIM "Captain everyday holiday" and his family, his wife Seyar and son Umut!

They run the restaurant Captain´s Place and offer a fantastic choice of turkish meze and BOEREK (puff pastry with several kinds of cheese and meat in it - usually one only gets the "sigara boerek", here one can find at least 10 sorts of Boerek!)
Alim and Umut are fishermen and in the wintertime as well as in summer, they are out on the sea and bring in the freshest fish one can get!
Reservation is recommended even in lower seasonal times, because the place is famous and many sailors come here since years!

 

Everyday Holiday!