Izuhara to South Korea

n Izuhara we must wait for the possible influence  of the typhoon which causes  south of our position misery. We experience, apart from much wind and rain, no problems because we were in very in protected place

 As soon as the beast has passed us and dissipated , it is then 10   of Augusts, we are going  to South Korea. We went through  the so-called Narrow’s. Formerly a large bay with entrance  on the western side in Korea Strait , that the island Tsushima almost devided in two pieces  . The Japanese Navy  however want  their war ships  to move in a fast way  from  the East side to the West side and made a passage in the rocks on the East side . This passage is very  narrow and the currents are strong .. The bridge concerning has a vertical clearance from 30 meters .. It is a shorter route to Korea and many boats are using this faiway  .. Also we. The route is about  12 miles long , the views./scenery in the bay with the deep coves, mounts and rock parties are splendid. The sun sets now fast and the light  makes it still more nicely and more romantic. 

It is dark if we arrive  in Korea Strait and have to follow the busy shipping route  which brings us to Busan . Around us are a lot  fisherman ships with strong lights  what is limiting our sight and nearly blinding  .It is difficult to avoid them  . Luckily we are  sailing parallell with the shipping route . We will do the  crossing of shipping lane  in daylight ,so we wait till  sunrise. The tankers and cargo liners move  rapidly and with very short interval distances. The night is exiting  and we nearly do not sleep  both. Constantly we are  watching the  radar and AIS . We use  the electronic maps on the computer. One of  us sits  inside  whereas the other one is steering and keep a sharp  lookout . At 5 o'clock in the morning we cross the shipping lane just in front of the  Busan Main Port  , and are an hour later close  to the entrance of the marina. Thanks to a plotted  waypoint we find the entrance  which lies lurking behind the breakwaters  and the base construction  of the large Gwangan bridge.

If we pass the narrow entrance in the marina we are conducted to a floating pontoon where we have to wait for the  visit of Customs authorities, Immigration, Quarantine and Sea Police . This pontoon to me looks  like a  inflatable bed ,, . As soon as the first official tried to walk over it he got wet feet and did not reach the boat .                                                                                                              The next attempt  failed also  and , than they  gesture that Adri has to bring  the  boat papers  ..... Of course we refused .After a bit noisy talk they  told us to go into the marina and  to stay on board .The pontoons in the  marina  are mostly broken ,like a lot of lines from the yachts . It turns out that ,if the wind is blowing a bit ,there is a swell in the marina from about 1.00 meter

This expensive marine was built in 1986 to host the Olympic Regatta.                   I think ,like in other  places in Asia ,that “maintenance” is  not in the book. Wait till everything is destroyed. Reason is also that in fact nobody is responsible. But staff enough… 12 employees in the  office

We moored Marida on the outside of the main pontoon and fixed the lines on the pylons .The weather is not to bad  so we can stand it for a week Around the marina are supermarkets,  shopping mall banks , postoffice ,most all of this in walking distance. .No boatstuff or chandlers . Korean sailors  are ordering materials in Japan or US .