Fethiye & Göcek

Typical afternoon wind

2–4 Beaufort · Afternoon thermal

Passage lengths

1–3 hours

Suits

First charter

Season

April–November

Possibly the gentlest cruising ground in the Mediterranean: a bay full of bays, short hops and shelter almost everywhere.

Göcek sits at the head of a wide bay scattered with wooded islands, and almost every corner of it is protected. Passages are measured in single-figure miles. The standard mooring technique is bows-to with a long line ashore to a tree, which is worth practising on the first day. Season runs longer here than most of the Med.

A typical week

1. Day 1 Göcek to Bedri Rahmi bay
2. Day 2 Tersane and the Twelve Islands
3. Day 3 Fethiye town
4. Day 4 Ölüdeniz coast and Butterfly Valley by tender
5. Day 5 Sarsala
6. Day 6 Boynuz Buku
7. Day 7 Göcek

Roughly 50 to 70 nautical miles over the week

Worth the detour

• The Twelve Islands anchorages
• The sunken city at Kekova, if you have the days
• Butterfly Valley by tender
• Göcek's line of quiet coves

Watch out for

• Long-lining to a tree is the norm, practise it early
• Peak-season anchorages in the Twelve Islands fill by mid-afternoon
• Kekova is a long day each way, do not squeeze it into a short week

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