Here comes your supermarket

36° 41′ 44.3704” N 28° 52′ 7.32” E
Tomb Bay

Usually, one honk in the ship’s horn means: I turn to starboard. In Turkey, it can also mean: Here comes your supermarket.

Fethiye Körfezi – the large waters that house the towns of Göcek and Fethiye as well as a myriad of small independent bays – is the most sailing-dense waters we have encountered on the entire trip from Denmark. Gözek alone has six large marinas, and they are so crowded – and expensive – that the last nautical miles before the marinas are thick with ships at anchor. Superyachts, larger motor yachts and catamarans but also individual sailboats only slightly larger than Ronja.
Thousands are in the marinas. Hundreds are at anchor.

When we sail out to the many independent bays – Tomb Bay, Deep Bay, Ruin Bay, Wall Bay, Seagull Bay – three sailing supermarkets appear every day after noon. First “Market”, which is the smallest, almost like the local mini market. An hour later comes “Carrefour”, which is a French supermarket chain. And finally, “Migros”, which was started by a Swiss supermarket chain but is today taken over by Turks.

The maritime supermarket has an OK selection of groceries.

If you cannot get to the supermarket, then the supermarket must come to you. A great offer for sailors who love to anchor and preferes to avoid the noise and chaos of cities.