Squeaky
New member
Good morning:
I received an interesting e-mail from a friends who keep their yacht at Turgutries (north of Bodrum) mentioning three events which had occurred there which were causing them some concern.
1. On Thursday, the people we cruised with last autumn went to pay for
their lift out only to be told by marina staff that a new rule has
been introduced by customs requiring 200 tl to be paid into a bank and
"a form" completed and signed for customs before the marina could lift
the boat
2. When the sail repair men were returning my sails yesterday they were stopped by
marina security and asked of the reason for their visit when they were
trying to come into the marina as per usual. The 2 lads were directed
to customs who told them that they and I have broken the
law with possible punishment of large fines and up to 12 months
imprisonment for removing property from a foreign flagged boat without
the proper customs documentation and appropriate fees being first
paid. The lads rang their boss who spoke to the customs officers and
agreed no action this time and they were allowed to return my sail.
The quote which got to me was that "nothing, not even a screw, can be
taken off any foreign flagged boat" without prior authorisation and fee payment.
3. SWMBO's cousin has come out for a week's holiday and we are hoping
to take him out on the boat. Whilst chatting to a local agent, I
mentioned this only to be told of the importance of putting him on the
transit log despite him only being a guest and not crew. The agent
claimed that the coastguard is pulling boats and issuing large fines
to boats found with people on board who are not on the transit log and
any other discrepancies. I checked with a second agent who confirmed
this as being correct and who also stressed the importance of removing
him from the log once he has left. All of this comes with a fee of
50 euro per transaction i.e. to take the guy out sailing for a couple of hours
would cost 100 euro not to mention the admin hassle.|
There has not been any mention locally of the strict enforcement of these rules and I am wondering if this just an example of someone locally deciding to make a name for him/herself.
Cheers
Squeaky
I received an interesting e-mail from a friends who keep their yacht at Turgutries (north of Bodrum) mentioning three events which had occurred there which were causing them some concern.
1. On Thursday, the people we cruised with last autumn went to pay for
their lift out only to be told by marina staff that a new rule has
been introduced by customs requiring 200 tl to be paid into a bank and
"a form" completed and signed for customs before the marina could lift
the boat
2. When the sail repair men were returning my sails yesterday they were stopped by
marina security and asked of the reason for their visit when they were
trying to come into the marina as per usual. The 2 lads were directed
to customs who told them that they and I have broken the
law with possible punishment of large fines and up to 12 months
imprisonment for removing property from a foreign flagged boat without
the proper customs documentation and appropriate fees being first
paid. The lads rang their boss who spoke to the customs officers and
agreed no action this time and they were allowed to return my sail.
The quote which got to me was that "nothing, not even a screw, can be
taken off any foreign flagged boat" without prior authorisation and fee payment.
3. SWMBO's cousin has come out for a week's holiday and we are hoping
to take him out on the boat. Whilst chatting to a local agent, I
mentioned this only to be told of the importance of putting him on the
transit log despite him only being a guest and not crew. The agent
claimed that the coastguard is pulling boats and issuing large fines
to boats found with people on board who are not on the transit log and
any other discrepancies. I checked with a second agent who confirmed
this as being correct and who also stressed the importance of removing
him from the log once he has left. All of this comes with a fee of
50 euro per transaction i.e. to take the guy out sailing for a couple of hours
would cost 100 euro not to mention the admin hassle.|
There has not been any mention locally of the strict enforcement of these rules and I am wondering if this just an example of someone locally deciding to make a name for him/herself.
Cheers
Squeaky
