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18th July 2008, 13:07
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Climate , water ,earthquakes,sailing etc etc
Many questions to ask so what I will do is list them and leave a space for people to use the quote to give an answer where they can.
The aim is to try to narrow down my search possibilities as clearly Turkey is a a rather large place.
1. When I print a map of the coastal areas I get basically two areas. Mugla which covers Bodrum in the West through to just East of Fethiye and Fethiye/Kas in the West stretching to Alanya in the East which is the Antalya region. Not trusting to weather sites is there anyone with experience of these regions (near the coast) who can tell me what if any are the differences in climate across these two regions. For example , would Marmaris be warmer in the winter than say Alanya ?
2. Along the same theme as the above are there any areas in these regions that have water supply problems ?
3.Again when considering earthquake trends are any areas more affected by quakes than others ?
4.Sailing , I don't ,but my aim is to learn and buy my own modest boat. So , where along this coast would I be looking at inparticular for sailing facilities ?
Thanks kindly to anyone who takes the time to give me some help with the above.
Last edited by BernardMatthews : 18th July 2008 at 13:12.
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18th July 2008, 13:34
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happy member
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Re: Climate , water ,earthquakes,sailing etc etc
Hi Bernard. I can't help with most of it but other half is an avid sailor, however prefers windsurfing to boats. I have done some yacht sailing in Turkey. Off spring are into dinghies. We were out there for the last couple of weeks and the wind was good. We chose to buy in Datca (Mugla) and the wind was the main reason. However there are limited chances to rent well maintained dinghies and the ones available in Datca are not really in the right place for the wind direction (unless you are a good sailor and can cope with off shore winds). Good sailing instruction in Turkey is usually limited to German, French or UK run clubs. I learnt with Sunsail and received very good tuition.
We met up with some Germans living in Alanya. They spend several weeks a year in Datca as they say the the wind is not reliable further south. We have sailed around the Bodrum area and Yalikavak was especially good. Another area for wind is Cesme, Alacati being a windsurfing area.
I'm sure someone will differ in their opinion but unless you are going to do a course with one of the sailing clubs who come complete with qualified staff and very importantly rescue boats you will probably be better off learning in UK- yes I know 'shiver freeze'!
As for winter temperatures, the further south you go the warmer it gets! It can be quite cold during the winter from about Fethiye northwards.
Last edited by kaplumba : 18th July 2008 at 14:50.
Reason: c*** spelling
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18th July 2008, 14:11
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bobthenob
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Re: Climate , water ,earthquakes,sailing etc etc
1. When I print a map of the coastal areas I get basically two areas. Mugla which covers Bodrum in the West through to just East of Fethiye and Fethiye/Kas in the West stretching to Alanya in the East which is the Antalya region. Not trusting to weather sites is there anyone with experience of these regions (near the coast) who can tell me what if any are the differences in climate across these two regions. For example , would Marmaris be warmer in the winter than say Alanya ?
1a/By looking at the weather patterns of warm fronts,the Alanya area tends to be more warmer in the winter than Marmaris
2. Along the same theme as the above are there any areas in these regions that have water supply problems ?
2a/The Bodrom area has only just mentioned last year,that the supply of water to the demand will be effected.Here in Akbuk,which is 40 minutes drive away,has had restrictions enforced to the water supply
3.Again when considering earthquake trends are any areas more affected by quakes than others ?
You will find that there is a main fault that runs along the south coast of Turket,underneath Fetiye,rhodes,and another fault up towards the sea of Marmara,lstanbul.Even though there are many tourist areas away from the fault lines,and they only feel the lesser of the tremors,but if you look at the historic ruins,that has large cracks in them.That tells me that the history of earthquakes were quite severe
4.Sailing , I don't ,but my aim is to learn and buy my own modest boat. So , where along this coast would I be looking at inparticular for sailing facilities ?
l know in Altinkum has facilities for sailing,but the areas of Bodrum,l'm not quite of
Thanks kindly to anyone who takes the time to give me some help with the above.
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