Sailing Logbook for the
Black Sea
[Photo
Gallery] - coming soon!
In 2010, we circumnavigated the
Black Sea, visiting five of the six countries beginning in Turkey and continuing in a counterclockwise direction to
Georgia, Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria before returning to Turkey
again. We did not sail to Russia because officials there could not give us
assurances regarding clearance procedures. A map showing Gyatso's
route, and links to our logbook entries are provided below.
Map of Gyatso's Black Sea Voyage
[Map]
Black Sea Logbook Entries
Turkey
Georgia
Russia
Ukraine
Romania
Bulgaria
Turkey (Thrace to Istanbul)
Updating Black Sea Cruising Guide Information
Finding information about
sailing on the
Black Sea
is not easy, especially if you plan to visit five countries like we did.
Most of the published guides are out-of-date, and the information is scattered
among numerous books, several of which are out-of-print. We managed to
locate copies of each published guide and to interview and/or obtain cruising
notes from a couple of dozen cruising sailors who visited the Black Sea in
recent years. Armed with all of this information (cruising guides and
notes, good charts (paper and electronic), a list of key contacts in each
country, and a library of books and website resources about the history and
environmental issues on the Black Sea), we set-out on our voyage with the
intention of updating the cruising information available.
During the winter 2010-2011, we
are now writing an updated cruising guide to the Black Sea to be published by the
RCC Pilotage Foundation which we hope will be available by the 2011 cruising
season. Stay tuned!
Go to previous
Logbook for West Coast of Turkey.
Return to
main Logbook page for s/v Gyatso.
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