North Africa

[Metabarca]

Some time in the not-so-distant future, I hope to take off and do a tour of the Med. Has anyone on the forum cruised the 'dark side' of the Med: Syria, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisa, Algeria, Morocco and come back alive/afloat?

What was it like?

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[wozza]

Hi the answer is yes i live in the Ionian Sea West Greece not quite N.Africa but i meet cruisers all the time that have headed that way,i know of a couple who went cruising down there for 2 years.I recently recieved an e-mail from them telling me it is the dark side but beautiful at the same time.They have made there way down the east coast heading for Cape Town South Africa not far from where i live orig. OR try do a search on the net.Happy Sailing

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[hylas]

Nearly all countries are safe EXCEPT ALGERIA.. and don't forget Lebanon..

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[tr7v8]

I worked in Libya bout 10 years ago, great country met some very nice people.
Huge marina not far from where our hotel was in Tripoli, full of very expensive large boats, all left when the various people & companies had bailed out. Condition was enough to make a keen boater cry. I remember a Royal 34 flybridge cruiser, various sailing boats around the 30-45 foot mark. Used to travel through Tunisia to and from Libya as the embargo meant no direct flights, umm not keen. Have heard bad things about Algeria.

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