A luxury sailing yacht charter aboard this 47-metre motor sailer, catalogued by Aquinox Yachting as NW4723, places ten guests on one of the newest large sailing vessels working the Turkish coast. Delivered in 2023 and based at Göcek, she carries a ketch rig above a 9.5-metre beam, a full-beam owner’s suite and a professional crew of eight.
What separates this luxury sailing yacht charter from the older gulet fleet is engineering rather than decoration. Twin 850 hp MAN engines, a three-metre draft and a fibreglass hull give her the legs to cross to the Dodecanese in a morning, and the rig is worked rather than ornamental. Under canvas she is quiet enough that the anchorage arrives before the engines are heard.
Built by Türk Yacht and launched in 2023, she belongs to the current generation of large Turkish motor sailers: a long, low grey hull, a white superstructure set well aft, and a single tall mast with a second, shorter mast forward. The proportions are deliberate. Weight sits low, the foredeck is left open for tenders and toys, and the guest accommodation runs the full width of the vessel below.
A luxury sailing yacht charter on a hull of this size buys space that a 30-metre gulet cannot offer. There are three separate social decks — main saloon, upper sky lounge and open sundeck — and each works independently, so ten guests are never forced into the same room. The aft deck carries a shaded dining table for the full complement; the foredeck carries a second, informal one.
Five en-suite cabins sleep ten: one full-beam master, three doubles and one twin. Every cabin has its own bathroom finished in book-matched marble, a window rather than a porthole, satellite television, a minibar and independent air conditioning that runs around the clock. The joinery alternates between pale leather panels and dark timber, and each cabin takes its name from a Mediterranean wind.
The master occupies the full beam and includes a separate dressing area and a bath. It is the cabin that most often decides the boat for a family group, because it gives the principal couple genuine privacy from the guest corridor forward. Crew of eight live and work in their own quarters with a dedicated companionway, so service never crosses guest space.
Bathrooms are a good indicator of build quality on a Turkish motor sailer, and hers are unusually well done: full-height stone, glass shower boxes, twin basins in the larger cabins and heated towel rails. Bathrobes, slippers and a hairdryer are standard in every cabin.
The main saloon runs almost the full beam, with cream sofas facing each other across a low table and windows on three sides. It is the formal room — dinner is served here in bad weather, and it holds the bar, the wine cooler and the main entertainment system. Above it, the sky lounge is the room guests actually use: swivel armchairs, a second bar and doors that open straight onto the upper aft deck.
Outside, she gives you roughly 200 square metres of usable deck. The sundeck carries loungers and a shaded seating group; the aft deck holds the main dining table; the foredeck has a second lounging area and a sun pad forward of the mast. Awnings cover every seated area, which matters more than it sounds in August.
At night the deck lighting and the underwater lights are the reason this yacht photographs the way she does. Dinner on the foredeck under warm downlights, with the water lit turquoise beneath the hull, is the single image most guests take away from a week aboard her.
The toy inventory is at the top of the Turkish fleet: two Sea-Doo jet skis, a SeaBob, two paddleboards, a kayak, water skis, a wakeboard, a ringo and a Big Mable, plus snorkelling and fishing equipment. A tender sits on the foredeck under its own crane, and an inflatable sea pool deploys off the swim platform.
The swim platform folds down into a proper beach club — teak underfoot, a shaded seating group, an umbrella and direct steps into the water. With children aboard, this is where the day is actually spent, and the crew keeps the jet skis rigged and ready rather than stowed.
Diving is arranged through a Göcek operator rather than carried aboard, and the crew will meet a dive boat at the anchorage. Waterskiing, wakeboarding and towed toys run from the tender, and the jet skis are licensed for guest use under crew supervision within the bay.
Göcek is the right base for this vessel. The Gulf of Fethiye holds more sheltered overnight anchorages within an hour of the marina than anywhere else in Turkey, and a luxury sailing yacht charter that starts here can reach Kızılkuyruk, Boynuz Bükü, Sarsala and Bedri Rahmi Bay before dinner on day one. Ölüdeniz and Butterfly Valley sit a short run south.
A week westward takes in Ekincik, the Dalyan delta, Marmaris and the Hisarönü peninsula. Eastward, Kalkan and Kekova’s sunken city are within comfortable reach. With Greek transit paperwork arranged in advance, Rhodes and Symi are a morning’s passage, and the crew handles clearance either way.
Cuisine follows the coast. The galley works with what the villages land that morning, and the crew will arrange a table at the boat-in-only kitchens that make this stretch worth sailing — the fish shacks of Kapı Creek and the mooring restaurants of Boynuz Bükü among them. Provisioning preferences are taken before boarding.
Length overall 47.00 m (154’2″). Beam 9.50 m. Draft 3.00 m. Hull fibreglass. Built 2023 by Türk Yacht. Engines 2 × 850 hp MAN. Cruising speed 11 knots, maximum 15 knots. Five cabins, ten guests, crew of eight. Flag Türkiye, home port Göcek. Air conditioning throughout, generator, watermaker, stabilisation at anchor, satellite communications and Wi-Fi in Turkish waters.
Navigation equipment includes GPS, radar, autopilot, depth sounder, electronic charts and satellite communication. Note that the central agency publishes her engines as 2 × 850 hp while one retail broker lists 2 × 885 hp, and TYBA’s registry records her length as 44 metres against the builder’s 47; the figures above follow Türk Yacht and are confirmed on request.
Rates are quoted per day plus a 30% Advance Provisioning Allowance: €10,500 in May and October, €12,500 in June and September, and €13,750 in July and August. The rate includes the yacht, the crew of eight, insurance and standard equipment. Fuel, food, beverages, harbour dues and gratuities are drawn from the APA.
A yacht of this size is normally booked by the week, though shorter periods are available outside July and August. Peak weeks in the Gulf of Fethiye are usually gone by February. Aquinox Yachting handles the contract, the itinerary and Greek clearance where required, and works directly with the central agency on availability.
Eight crew serve ten guests — captain, chef, engineer, two deckhands and three stewardesses. Her master, Captain Ümit Küçük, has run this coast for years and knows which bays empty out after five o’clock. Service is discreet rather than performed, which is the standard Aquinox Yachting looks for before a vessel joins the fleet.
The chef works to a menu agreed before boarding rather than a fixed rotation, and dietary requirements are handled without fuss. Breakfast is served on the aft deck, lunch usually at anchor after the morning swim, and dinner alternates between the foredeck table and a mooring restaurant ashore.
Availability, sample itineraries and a full inventory are available on request. Aquinox Yachting can also propose alternatives at similar length and season — see our 50m crewed superyacht in Turkey, our 50m luxury motor sailer at Göcek, or browse the full Aquinox charter fleet.
Background reading on the type and the cruising ground: the gulet and Turkish motor sailer tradition and the town of Göcek on Wikipedia. To hold a week aboard this luxury sailing yacht charter, contact Aquinox Yachting on +90 549 507 19 93 or info@aquinoxyachting.com.
Rates run from €10,500 per day in May and October to €13,750 per day in July and August, plus a 30% Advance Provisioning Allowance. The rate covers the yacht, the crew of eight, insurance and standard equipment.
Ten guests in five en-suite cabins: one full-beam master, three doubles and one twin. Each cabin has its own marble bathroom, satellite television, a minibar and independent air conditioning.
The Gulf of Fethiye and the Twelve Islands are on the doorstep, with Ölüdeniz, Kalkan and Kekova to the east and Marmaris and the Hisarönü peninsula to the west. Rhodes and Symi are a morning’s passage with Greek transit paperwork arranged in advance.
Two Sea-Doo jet skis, a SeaBob, two paddleboards, a kayak, water skis, a wakeboard, a ringo and a Big Mable, plus snorkelling and fishing equipment, a tender and an inflatable sea pool off the swim platform.
Yes, outside July and August. Shorter periods are quoted per day at the same seasonal rate. Peak weeks in the Gulf of Fethiye are usually committed by February, so early enquiry is advised.
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