Çeşme and Alaçatı sit where the wind rarely stops. The Chios strait compresses and accelerates it, which is why the region became a watersports centre, and why the boats based here carry a different pattern of wear from those in a sheltered gulf.
Along Çeşme, Alaçatı and Sığacık the recurring items live in the rig: terminal cracking, swage corrosion, mast step condition, chainplate bedding, and sail handling gear worn by constant load. Furlers and travellers come up more often here than anywhere else on the coast.
1. Surveying in Çeşme: Local Conditions
| Marinas and berthing | Çeşme Marina, Alaçatı Port, Teos Marina (Sığacık), Port Alaçatı |
|---|---|
| Wind and sea | A northern Aegean regime dominated by the poyraz. Wind funnels through the Chios strait and holds for days; a summer afternoon regularly sees force 6. |
| Fleet profile | Sailing and performance boats, with heavy weekend and club use. A high proportion of locally owned boats rather than charter. |
| What comes forward in survey | High wind loading makes rig, mast step, chainplates and running rigging the priority items. Rig tension is measured rather than estimated. |
| Lifting and planning | Lifting is available locally; capacity eases in winter. Advanced work is usually drawn from İzmir, an hour away. |
| Customs | Çeşme is a customs port, a transit log can be opened and closed here, which matters for the Chios crossing. |
2. The Rig in a Windy Region
Where wind is constant, the rig accumulates cycles rather than incidents. That changes what a survey looks for. A terminal that cracks under steady load does not announce itself, the crack starts inside the swage and shows as a hairline at the exit, or as a rust weep on a stainless fitting that should never rust.
On boats based around Çeşme and Alaçatı the items that repeatedly justify their own paragraph in a report are: swage condition under magnification, tension compared against the manufacturer's figures rather than by feel, chainplate bedding where salt has worked in, mast step corrosion on alloy spars, and the wear pattern on travellers and cars that have been loaded hard every weekend.
Wire rigging is commonly renewed at ten to twelve years, but the calendar does not decide, the terminals and the wire do. A ten-year rig that has lived in this wind is not the same as a ten-year rig from a sheltered gulf.
3. What the Survey Covers
| Area | Method and instruments |
|---|---|
| Hull and structure | Moisture readings on a grid (Tramex), sounding with a phenolic hammer, keel attachment, rudder and shaft line |
| Deck and fittings | Core condition around hardware, chainplate bedding, hatches and portlights, teak thickness where fitted |
| Rig | Tension measured with a Loos gauge, terminals and swages under magnification, mast step and spreaders |
| Machinery | Cold start, temperatures and vibration under staged load, leakage traces, belts and circuits, service record consistency |
| Electrical | True RMS measurement, cable sizing and protection, bonding continuity, stray current, battery condition |
| Plumbing and safety | Seacocks and hoses, bilge pumps and alarm, gas installation, fire equipment and service dates |
| Documents | Registration, hull number agreement, CE/RCD, transit log history on foreign-flagged boats |
4. What You Receive
- A report of 70+ pages with photographs, delivered in 2-3 working days, in English or Turkish
- Findings in A-B-C priority classes, safety first, then this season, then planned maintenance
- Measurement values with the conditions under which they were taken, and any limitations stated plainly
- A negotiating position you can put in front of a seller, item by item
- The report archived for 24 months; it belongs to whoever commissioned it and goes to nobody else
Delivery distances and fees from Çeşme (2026)
| Route | Distance | Non-stop | Overnight stops | Sailing yacht 40 ft | Motor yacht 40 ft (fuel extra) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Çeşme → Teos (Seferihisar) | 37 NM | 1 day | 1 day | €150 + VAT | €150 + VAT |
| Çeşme → Kuşadası | 60 NM | 1 day | 2 days | €550 + VAT | €150 + VAT |
| Çeşme → İzmir | 63 NM | 1 day | 2 days | €550 + VAT | €150 + VAT |
| Çeşme → Ayvalık | 67 NM | 1 day | 2 days | €550 + VAT | €150 + VAT |
| Çeşme → Didim | 84 NM | 1 day | 2 days | €550 + VAT | €150 + VAT |
| Çeşme → Bodrum | 109 NM | 1 day | 3 days | €550 + VAT | €150 + VAT |
| Çeşme → Marmaris | 178 NM | 2 days | 4 days | €1,100 + VAT | €550 + VAT |
| Çeşme → Göcek | 204 NM | 2 days | 5 days | €1,100 + VAT | €550 + VAT |
| Çeşme → Fethiye | 206 NM | 2 days | 5 days | €1,100 + VAT | €550 + VAT |
| Çeşme → Istanbul (Ataköy) | 250 NM | 3 days | 6 days | €1,400 + VAT | €550 + VAT |
Departure: İzmir - Çeşme; 40 ft with skipper, April-October, excluding VAT, fuel, provisions and marina fees (November-March +20%). Days assume about 5 knots: some 120 NM a day non-stop, about 48 NM with overnight stops. Other boats and dates: delivery calculator; more legs: delivery routes.
5. Teos Marina and deliveries from Çeşme
For Teos Marina in Seferihisar: yacht survey Teos Marina. Routes and distances from Çeşme: deliveries from İzmir and Çeşme.
6. Survey and delivery, marina by marina
Haul-out, sea trials and delivery distances differ from marina to marina in the north and central Aegean. A page for each:
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