Sailing through the Dardanelles | Turkey to Bulgaria

After a short stay in Fourni we lift the anchor around 3am and with the wind blowing a hooley we head North to the beautiful town of Çe?me on the Turkish west coast. Having a contract with Setur certainly helps on a journey like this, we get free mooring and use of all their facilities. The town and the main marina here are lovely, so we spend most of the day sightseeing before heading back to setur marina which just happens to be part of the Altin Yunus Hotel, with a great beach and crystal clear waters. From Çe?me we continue our boat delivery, this time heading all the way to Istanbul, which of course means negotiating the famous Dardanelles and yet more night sailing. The Dardanelles are narrow and include a traffic separation zone, which we plan to transit in daylight. The amount of cargo vessels through here is incredible, which is why in 1915 the allies tried to capture Gallipoli and failed miserably with somewhere around 500,000 casualties from both sides. The current through here is strong, so that combined with a head wind makes for slow agonising progress. After the Dardanelles comes the Sea of Marmara, which was our second night sail in this 48 hour passage, and to our surprise turned out to be very quiet. Istanbul next, and yet another Setur Marina, they have two, a posh one and a everyone else one?. Guess which one we got? Like, share and comment if you enjoyed this video Watch related video's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtSgWO980Hg&t=25s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGrbHYTKyQc&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfpZzkPZTko Feel free to share this video Checkout our channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu_TXBvLqimTelcfKu2Dkfg Stay up to date by going to our website at http://sailingkejstraladventures.weebly.com/ Support us in making these free videos https://www.patreon.com/sailingkejstraladventures Follow the Blog http://sailingkejstraladventures.weebly.com/blog Check out our new website & subscribe to the newsletter http://sailingkejstraladventures.weebly.com/contact.html Keep up to date on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Kejstral/ AUDIO ------------ Under the Creative Commons Licence First Day - Huma Huma Mirage - Chris Haugen Serengeti Song - http://www.purple-planet.com Blue Creek Trail - Dan Lebowitz A huge thankyou to all our subscribers and followers, and for the support from our patrons. It's this support that makes producing these video's worthwhile.