Giresun

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Contents 1 Giresun (Port of entry) 1.1 Background 1.2 Charts 1.3 Radio Nets 1.4 Weather 1.5 Approach and Navigation 1.6 Ports and Popular Stops 1.6.1 Giresun Harbor 1.7 Anchorages 1.8 Offshore Islands 1.9 Routes/Passages To/From 1.10 Tourism & things to do ashore 1.11 Fuel & Water 1.12 Laundry 1.13 Grocery Stores 1.14 Eateries 1.15 Marine Stores & Facilities 1.16 References & Publications 1.17 Cruiser's Friends 1.18 Forum Discussions 1.19 External Links 1.20 Personal Notes

Giresun (Port of entry)

Background

Giresun [40° 55.3' N 38° 22.6' E] the Greek Kerasous (Κερασούς). The name derives from kerasi the Greek world for cherry. The name Kerasous first appears in Xenophon's Cyrou Anavasis.

After Pharnaces I, king of Pontos, captured the town in 183 BC he renamed it Pharnaceia. In 71 BC Kerasus was taken by the Roman general Lucullus and again in 64 BC by Pompey. Legend has it that Lucullus imported to Rome the cherry tree from Kerasus.

In the Byzantine era the town changed hands many times between the Seljuks and the Byzantines. From 1204 to 1461 AD Kerasus belonged to the Empire of Trapezond. It was then taken by the Ottomans.

On May 20, the feast of a Moslem holy man, Hidirellez, is celebrated in Giresun. On that day, pilgrims flock on the little island Giresun Adasi and form a circle around a large black rock and insert pebbles into the rock's cervices while making wishes. Local lore has it that this ceremony dates back to the Argonauts and that Giresun Adasi is the island of Ares (Mars) sacred to the Amazons.

Every town along the way from Samsun, including Giresun, is full of ugly apartment building blocks, most of them unfinished, but already deteriorating. The streets are littered with uncollected trash. This situation is particularly offensive in Giresun, which is located amidst a particularly beautiful natural setting. The observation that "wherever man trods he destroys nature" is particularly apt here.

Charts

• BA 2214 The Euxine or Black Sea
• BA 2237 Inceburun to Isikli Burnu
• BA 1272 Giresun
• NIMA 55100 Western Part of the Black Sea
• Turkey 132 Civa Burnu - Yasum Burnu
• Turkey 123 Yasum Burnu - Tirebolu
• Turkey 1321 Ünye
• Turkey 1332 Giresun

Radio Nets

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Weather

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Approach and Navigation

The approaches to Giresun are straightforward.

Ports and Popular Stops

Giresun Harbor

The commercial harbor of Giresun [40° 55.3' N 38° 22.6' E] is roomy and secure.                                                                            Giresum Harbor viewed from the Castle Click for larger view

Chart of Giresum Harbor Click for larger view

Anchorages

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Offshore Islands

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Routes/Passages To/From

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Tourism & things to do ashore

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Fuel & Water

Laundry

Grocery Stores

Eateries

Marine Stores & Facilities

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References & Publications

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Cruiser's Friends

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Forum Discussions

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External Links

• Giresun (Wikipedia)

Personal Notes

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