Between the wars, writer and painter Cevat Şakir Kabaağaç lived in Bodrum and wrote an account of his idyllic sailing excursions along Turkey’s southern Aegean and western Mediterranean coast,an area completely untouched by tourism at the time.Kabaağaç callad his book Mavi Yolculuk (Blue Voyage or Blue Cruise),a name now co-opted for any cruise along these shores.
Gulet Cruise
All boats are equipped with showers, toilets and smallish but comfortable double cabins (usually six of them). This might make a single person uneasy if they have to share with a stranger, but in practice most people sleep on mattresses on deck.
 A Gulet is a wooden motor sailing boat, the modern version of the ancient cargo bearing craft which used to trade along the coast of Turkey. The Gulet rael design has evolved into a comfortable blue cruising boat and some have air conditioned accommodation for up to eighteen guests in self-contained double cabins. Just outside of Fethiye is, here you find Europe's largest ship-yard for wooden yachts. Gulet Charter in turkey:
An twenty meter Gulet can be built from scratch in eight to twelve month. Since the time of Ottoman
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 In Crewed Yacht Charters; everyday the yachts normally visit two or three bays and there would be a maximum 4 hours sailing per day. The last stop in a day will be the place to stay for the night. It is necessary for the yacht to visit a harbour every three or four days to enable us taking on water and fresh provisions. These harbours will be in little fishing villages and sometimes in small towns. Traditional wooden yachts usually cruise with engine, but they sail if the wind direction fits to the rotation and is strong enough. CREW
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