Today’s vlog: the second leg of the Suez Canal transit. We have some struggles… We show you the marina’s, information about the places, the costs and some good inside information to know before you go. Below some more information and explanations.
Quotation in US for Southbound vessels $:
– Canal dues: 330 (this fee is lower for northbound vessels)
– Agent fees: 70
– port clearance 70
– immigration formalities 20
– quarantaine doctor 10
Total 500 US $
Extra costs:
– Marina fee suez 2x 21 $
– Visa’s 2x 25$
– camera transport by navy 45 $
– marina fee Ismailia 21$ (when you pay in Egyptian pound here its more)
– Marina fee Suez 21 $
– Formality check suez 35 $ (just for a 3 seconds look at the passport you pay this fee :0 )
Why you shouldn’t get a visa in suez channel?
– you can transit the channel without
– you don’t need it to anchor in Egyptian waters
– It creates problems when you are in a Egyptian marina later
– it costs more in the end because you will need to pay 30$ later for each month that you had a visa – it’s a gov. admin. fee. (sometimes referred to as cruising permit which is not the correct name)
– THE ONLY REASON TO GET A VISA AT THE SUEZ CANAL IS TO BE ABLE TO DO SHOPPING THERE
Anchoring in Egyptian waters
– we anchored 1 month between Suez en port Ghalib without any trouble, only 1 check by coastguard
– we anchored 2 months between port Ghalib and Sudan without visa, no problems either.
– The second period was during corona times, so we can’t guarantee that it will be always the same. rules aren’t very straight forward here. our advise: just try!
Yess we are doing a GIVEAWAY!!
Win a full week on board of Messenger for 2 persons. check the details in/under DailyVlog 25
In November 2020 we arrived with our sailboat in Haifa, Israel. To save some money we stayed at the same marina for 3 months and traveld trough the country over land. Hiking, hitchhiking, by rental car and public transport. It was a great experience!!
This journey is only a small part of our trip that started 2 years ago. We got the sailing- skills on our friends yacht ‘Shalom’ when we joined them on a trip from the Netherlands to Spain. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtDOpi7ydzdcRK1H7fEiQFQ . In Spain we decided to go with our own boat, and in no time we were the happy owners of ‘Messenger’. We left may 2018 and started vlogging from the beginning, we made 15 minute video’s of our adventures, the nature and the many special people we met. We cooperated with OM to visit their projects and film them on our way. Since 19 of March we started with a daily vlog due to the corona situation. We plan to keep doing this the coming months.
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