Sinop is a small resort like town, with a promenade and little café’s tucked away behind a small peninsula. This Peninsula is basically a hill sticking out of the water and it provides shelter from Northerly winds. Those blow quite often in the summer hence the reason why the town is built on the south…   read more of “30 May 2009, Sinop,…”

This was an interesting experience. I had been advised that the pier was 300 meters long and I knew that I had to be careful because of cranes on the dock. Cranes that could not moved away and were extending over the edge of the dock as well. So with an extra officer near the…   read more of “29 May 2009,…”

Captain Albert Schoonderbeek After our midnight exit from the Bosporus we entered the Black Sea on an easterly course. We hugged the Turkish coast for the whole day as our next port of call Trabzon is located in Turkey in the South East corner of the black sea. Thus we followed the coast in a…   read more of “Captain Albert: 28…”

After our midnight exit from the Bosporus we entered the Black Sea on an easterly course. We hugged the Turkish coast for the whole day as our next port of call Trabzon is located in Turkey in the South East corner of the black sea. Thus we followed the coast in a more or less…   read more of “28 May 2009,…”

Captain Albert Schoonderbeek In most cities things quiet down during the night, but Istanbul, together with New York and Hong Kong never seems to slow down. I was expected that the traffic on the river would come to a standstill during the night, apart from the thru traffic in the Bosporus but not at all….   read more of “Captain Albert: 27…”

In most cities things quiet down during the night, but Istanbul, together with New York and Hong Kong never seems to slow down. I was expected that the traffic on the river would come to a standstill during the night, apart from the thru traffic in the Bosporus but not at all. Maybe the total…   read more of “27 May 2009,…”

Captain Albert Schoonderbeek The Dardanelles are of course in Turkey but to get there you have to sail through the Greek islands. Some of those islands are much closer to Turkey than they are to Greece. On the west of an island it might be 10 miles away from the nearest other Greek island but…   read more of “Captain Albert: 26…”

The Dardanelles are of course in Turkey but to get there you have to sail through the Greek islands. Some of those islands are much closer to Turkey than they are to Greece. On the west of an island it might be 10 miles away from the nearest other Greek island but less then a…   read more of “26 May 2009,…”