GPS : 36°40'45.1"N 28°55'32.7"E / 36.679197, 28.925750
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Tersane Adası is the largest island in the Gulf of Fethiye. The bay on NW affords all-round shelter. A deep channel provides easy entry to the inlet of Tersane and the eastern side of the bay provides a protected anchorage for charter yachts. According to ancient sources the island, named Telandria, was used as a ship dockyard during the Ottoman period.
In the days of the Ottoman Empire, the Greeks lived there. But after their deportation to the island, there were only a few old houses and a church left that you can still see the ruins. Previously, the small cove of the island used to build gulet yachts. For this reason, the island is named as "Tersane" which means boat yard.
We know that the Island of Tersane which was formerly called Telandria, was inhabited in the past, but the remains of the ruined houses of the island, which are seen from the land and sea, total only about 140. There are the remains of two churches, one of which is near the well and the other is on the hill; and the tomb of the chief of the people who lived here in the past, is in the west. The island was inhabited in the past as is evidenced by the many ruined houses, fruit trees and goat herds. There are also remains of two churches and a tomb.
You will notice a watch tower and shipyard as soon as you arrive from which the island was named. There are two bays on the island named by sailors as winter and summer harbours. Many blue voyage yachts or daily tripper boats anchor in these two bays during their voyage. After entering a narrow channel you will be in calm waters. Due to this feature many sailors use this bay as a shelter to escape from unexpected winds.
A deep channel, 100 m wide, provides entry to the Inlet of Tersane which extends inwards from the northwest of the island a natural harbor. You can drop anchor anywhere in the inlet except the eastern part which is shallow. Since the western part is closed to the effect of the southwest and north winds, it is safer to anchor here.
Since the Ottoman fleet used the island as a dockyard during World War I, it is called by this name today. The rocks related to the dockyard, which still lie in the sea, also indicate this fact. It is known that the people who lived here before the exchange of population, used to deal in stock breeding and growing fruits.
Winter Port
GPS : 36°40'32.3"N 28°54'54.6"E / 36.675631, 28.915165
The bay on NW affords all-round shelter. The entrance of the bay is not easily identified from a distance. The entrance lies between two steep slopes. There is good depth in the strait, mostly 20 m and the depths drop 5-10m in the cove. The bottom is sand-weed. The bottom gradually shelves to shore, and ends in a pool. Care is needed at night. It gets swell from the strait. Ease your chain as much as possible. The northern and southern corners are adequate anchorages to be tucked up with a line ashore.
Tersane Koyu is a winter port, providing all-round shelter. The settings are attractive. There is a pretty restaurant and a quay where berthing is available up to 15 boats. There are laid moorings tailed on quay.
The ruins ashore are from the ancient boatyard settelements. A number of goats live on the island, their voice is higher pitched at night. This anchorage gets crowded by excursion boats by noon time, but it is calm and quite at night. It is better to arrive in late and leave before noon the next day.
Anchoring is permitted in Tersane Creek at the NW tip of the island, where there is also a restaurant jetty with laid moorings for customers.
Summer Port
GPS : 36°40'43.0"N 28°55'13.8"E / 36.678601, 28.920486
The summer port on NE of Tersana Island ends in a sandy beach. This anchorage is open to N-SE. There are good depths in the bay, but it gets shelve ashore. The south corner affords sheltering with a line ashore. It is adequate shelter in summer.
A rough path goes to 300 m, where there is a restaurant. A restaurant on the island is a good place for charter yacht visitors to lunch and north of the island is Summer Port, a lovely swimming area.
Tersane Creek
GPS : 36°40'06.3"N 28°55'44.3"E / 36.668414, 28.928975
Tersane Creek lies at the NW tip of Tersane island at the northern "entrance" to Skopea Limanı. It is a charming creek surrounded by olive groves and with the ruins of what appears to have been a Byzantine or Ottoman dockyard and ship servicing facility at its head (Tersane: Turkish for shipyard).
Anchor on either side of the inlet and take a line ashore to a bollard. Most yachts seem to prefer the western side. If you can get far enough into the inlet, you may even be dropping anchor in as little as 8 - 10 metres. At the head of the inlet, there are two coves to the NE and SW which are full of underwater ruins and should be avoided. Anchoring is permitted in Tersane Creek at the NW tip of the island, where there is also a restaurant jetty with laid moorings for customers.
In the centre of the head of the creek is the Tersane Creek Restaurant, which has a (rather rickety) wooden jetty accommodating some 10 yachts on laid moorings. Shelter is very good here, being open only to NNW winds, which only have a fetch of little more than a mile. At night, if the creek is silent you will hear tawny owls calling to each other across the cove.
Anchoring is permitted in Tersane Creek at the NW tip of the island, where there is also a restaurant jetty with laid moorings for customers. In addition, there are three further anchorages outside the gulf on the eastern side of the Kapıdağı peninsula, which offer reasonable shelter in the prevailing winds but are open E round to SE.
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