Boats On The Bosphorous: April 2019

Welcome

We'll periodically post images of vessels that drift past our perch on the Bosphorous. If you are a new arrival, the Bosphorous is the waterway (straits) that divides Europe from Asia and cuts right through the middle of Istanbul. You could swim from Europe to Asia (or vice versa) in about 30 minutes - if you could survive the boat traffic and/or the pollution.

The blog's perch is about half way up (or down) the Bosphorous - not the city's most supreme view. Yet, it's not too high, not too low - good enough to afford a decent view. Then again, anything better in terms of view will cost you upward of a million. Dollars. No... more. Much more. This view is free.

The aim here is to provide regular images and - where possible - further details regarding boat traffic between the Black Sea, the Marmara and points beyond.

It's not CIA - although they used to maintain a prominent viewing location (and probably still do) - The transit through the Bosphorous is Russia's traditional outlet to the world's oceans - most other Russian outlets ice over in the winter. But, there is no hidden blog agenda, no intent to spy. This is just our view and publicly available data related to those views: Boats on the Water. Passing by. Happened to catch them ....

Friday, April 19, 2019

Chelsea_5

The Internet does not come up with much info particular to Chelsea_5, so this is more of a "we are trying to get back to regular blogging" post rather than anything spectacular.
The light is good, the weather is getting better and hopefully we are headed to more frequent images and information.
Below: the details for Chelsea_5

Name: Chelsea_5
Heading: North_Black Sea
Type: Cargo
Flags:Malta
Date: 19 April 2019
Weather : Clear but Brisk

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Un-Named

An hour before this series, another vessel was being towed south (Black Sea towards the Marmara) but we didn't have a lens ready to capture the view. Wondering why there were so many ships that needed to be towed on the same day.

Note the appearance of spring in the trees!

Name : Un-known
Heading: South/Sea of Marmara
Type: Un-known
Flags:Un-known
Date: 16 April 2019
Weather : Clear but Brisk