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.

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.

Full Sail!

Luxury charter yacht Lyra of Marmaris sailing at Aegean Mediterranean Sea at Gulf of Fethiye. Crew setting full sail with every stitch of canvas like in good old days.

Brunch at Okluk Bay

Moored at Okluk Bay of the Gulf of Gökova between Marmaris and Bodrum at Aegean Mediterranean Sea, described "Paradise on Earth" by Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Sailboat Yeşil, Jeanneau SunShine 36, TUR 3600.

Aegean Sailing

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