Kas

Description

Kas is a port of entry, the new customs dock is situated at north quay in harbour entrance next the navy vessel berth. Yachts are usually directed to berths on the SW quay; berths on the NE quay are occupied by private and tripper boats on laid moorings. Consequently, a heavy mooring chain lies along the harbour and you need to avoid it when dropping anchor (there are also some laid moorings on the SW quay, but they are used by local gulets and hence yachts need to use their anchors). It is important when laying out your anchor to drop it well beyond the mooring chain, which lies not down the middle of the harbour, but about two thirds of the way across to the NE quay. You will as a result be dropping anchor almost under the bows of vessels on the opposite quay and using around 35-45 metres of chain, depending on the size of your boat. Be sure that your anchor is well dug in, since there can be occasional katabatic winds down off the Taurus mountains that send gusts of 25-30 knots across the harbour in the late evening and early morning and yachts have dragged here. These seem to occur if a fresh northerly wind pattern (the prevailing winds here are westerlies) combines with the usual evening downflow of air off the mountains north of Kas.