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rivonia

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En-route to Kastelarizon we decided to call into Finike (turkey) fort fuel. We then decided to check in for a three night stay as we had had a rough passage and needed to recover.

The port Policeman took umbridge when I queried the cost of the 90 day visa. So he said he wanted to call and see the boat, this did not sound good. Anyway when we got to the boat ans saw my wife-all smiles. He said the corutesy flag is damaged, replace it IMMEDIATELY he says or I will fine you T/L 200! So off we went to the chandlery and bought a new one. Policeman now happy. The thing is we had just come through a storm and so it had got ripped. I tried to repair it as best we could. So please be aware of damaged Turkish Courtesy flags.
 
Actually I admire the way they take care of their flag, though I do appreciate your slight annoyance after such a nasty trip. We wear a huge 2.5 yard Red Ensign (I like to make sure the French can see it) and we were approached in Kas by a port policeman (I think) who demanded to know why my "British flag was so big and my Turkish flag was so small". I didn't really have an answer for him, fortunately out Turkish courtesy flag was nearly new (though small, obviously).
 
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I used to buy the smallest Greek courtesy flag but on seeing how small it looked when hoisted I decided it was more of a 'discourtesy' flag, so now I buy the next size up. Unfortunately that means that the fly fraps against the shroud, causing it to become tattered even faster than it would otherwise have done.
 
I read somewhere about countries atitudes to flags ,sort of not very nice governments are more particular about their Flags.Anyway here in Spain a national flag is required by law to be aboard ans flown(doesnt mention anchours and compass).The general trend is people fly the smallest available and leave it up 24/7.When we put our boat under Spanish flag I bought the biggest,so it just brushed the wáter,unfortunatly it was a flag with connotations of times gone by.....
 
vyv_cox said:
I used to buy the smallest Greek courtesy flag but on seeing how small it looked when hoisted I decided it was more of a 'discourtesy' flag, so now I buy the next size up. Unfortunately that means that the fly fraps against the shroud, causing it to become tattered even faster than it would otherwise have done.
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Nobody seems to care here though. A few years back one yacht flew his upside down on purpose to see whether anybody pulled him up about it. Nobody did.
 
rivonia said:
En-route to Kastelarizon we decided to call into Finike (turkey) fort fuel. We then decided to check in for a three night stay as we had had a rough passage and needed to recover.

Quote from your post re Marmaris "No there are many others and we are one of them who will never return to Turkey."
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What Turkey needs is yacht by the thousand leaving and then they may just chance the ways , I not been to Turkey for 8 years and I would love to go back , but why all this stuff going on , black tanks , Grey tanks , visa , agent fees and so on I shall give it a wide berth .
 
rivonia said:
En-route to Kastelarizon we decided to call into Finike (turkey) fort fuel. We then decided to check in for a three night stay as we had had a rough passage and needed to recover.

The port Policeman took umbridge when I queried the cost of the 90 day visa. So he said he wanted to call and see the boat, this did not sound good. Anyway when we got to the boat ans saw my wife-all smiles. He said the corutesy flag is damaged, replace it IMMEDIATELY he says or I will fine you T/L 200! So off we went to the chandlery and bought a new one. Policeman now happy. The thing is we had just come through a storm and so it had got ripped. I tried to repair it as best we could. So please be aware of damaged Turkish Courtesy flags.
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You have my sympathy - after an unpleasant bureaucratic experience at Santorini, you have fallen afoul of the Turkish officials. I could quite understand your developing a feeling of paranoia!!!
 
steveallan said:
rivonia said:
En-route to Kastelarizon we decided to call into Finike (turkey) fort fuel. We then decided to check in for a three night stay as we had had a rough passage and needed to recover.

Quote from your post re Marmaris "No there are many others and we are one of them who will never return to Turkey."
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There are times when it is quite obvious to sailors, that sometimes a rest and fuel are required-hence why we checked in!!
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rivonia said:
steveallan said:
There are times when it is quite obvious to sailors, that sometimes a rest and fuel are required-hence why we checked in!!
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You must have been very, very, exhausted to have overcome your obvious reluctance to enter Turkey ever again, instead of the relatively short, 30 something miles extra to get into Meis?? I hope you are well rested and recovered from your harrowing ordeal?

I suppose it is too much to suggest that if you go to someone else's country, you should really expect to abide by their rules though!
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As an aside, we quite like Finike and drop in when cruising in the area - it's quite ordinary, but very pleasant as it has not been 'over-touristed' - and therefore not over inflated prices either. Good street market on a Friday (I think).

Neil
 
satsuma said:
You must have been very, very, exhausted to have overcome your obvious reluctance to enter Turkey ever again, instead of the relatively short, 30 something miles extra to get into Meis?? I hope you are well rested and recovered from your harrowing ordeal?
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Perhaps when you are 70 and not in a perfect state of health you will find an additional 30 miles too much to cope with.
 
vyv_cox said:
Perhaps when you are 70 and not in a perfect state of health you will find an additional 30 miles too much to cope with.
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And perhaps if I were 70 and not in the best of health a 200nm trip from cyprus to meis might have been the best plan in the first place! and from there the trip is only another 20 odd nm, but if it was too much to cope with, I might also consider myself a danger at sea!
 
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