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.

Anchorage Bay at Gulf of Gökova

Anchorage Bay at Gulf of Gökova , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com . Evening at anchorage bay at Gulf of Gökova at Aegean Mediterranean Sea between Bodrum and Marmaris, described "Paradise on Earth" by Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau.

Aegean Sailing

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