Gulet Building at Bodrum

Looking like Noah's Ark, this gulet under construction at Bodrum Icmeler boatyards will be a luxury charter yacht at Bodrum Marina soon. Photo originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com.

Roman shipwreck at Bodrum Museum:
Bodrum Gulets' Ancestor?

Boat building is a traditional business in Bodrum since ancient times in Halicarnassus and ancient Lycia, Caria, Lydia region of Turkey. The Uluburun Shipwreck, discovered off the south coast of Turkey in the Mediterranean Sea near the city of Kaş in the province of Antalya, dated of the Late Bronze Age period, 1400 B.C, 3400 years ago.

Sailing & Flying

Sail yacht sailing on the blurred horizon and a seagull flying on the blue Marmara Sea.

Aegean Sailing Log from Marmaris

May 30, Saturday evening. We are in Marmaris Marina, meeting on board. Marina is full of sails, boats, goulettes, schooners. I notice one of them: "Bonbon". We watch the sunset among countless masts, strings, riggings, meet the people at the dinner on board, and chat.

Ancient Mediterranean Port

Secret harbor and pirate cave at ancient city of Antiocheia Ad Cragum, near ancient sites Selinus, Iotape, Syedra and many antique sites and cities to discover at Mediterranean Coast between Anamur and Alanya to the east of Antalya. Excavations going on.

Aegean Sailing

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