A large group gulet charter Marmaris booking aboard this 42-metre gulet, listed by Aquinox Yachting as HM4218, sleeps eighteen guests in eight cabins with a crew of eight. She was launched in 2018, which makes her one of the newest hulls of her size on the Turkish coast, and the whole boat is laid out around the problem of moving eighteen people comfortably.
Eighteen guests is the size that defeats most of the fleet. Below it, boats are plentiful; above it, you are into the handful of very large gulets. She sits exactly in the gap — big enough for two or three families or a full company group, new enough that nothing about her feels like a compromise.
Built by Nailoğlu Tersanesi in 2018 on a 9.15-metre beam, she carries twin 750-horsepower Mitsubishi diesels and two 40 kW John Deere generators. That is a lot of power and a lot of hotel load capacity, which is what eighteen air-conditioned cabins in August actually require.
Her proportions are modern rather than traditional — a long unbroken sheer, a low white superstructure over a varnished topside, and two masts set well apart. Seen from directly above she is essentially all deck, which is the point: the deck is where eighteen people actually live.
Eight en-suite cabins sleep eighteen: two masters, four doubles and two twins. Every one is panelled in warm timber with indirect LED lighting, air conditioning, a television and its own bathroom. The two masters are full-width with separate seating areas.
Two masters rather than one is what makes her work for multi-family groups — two principal couples get equivalent rooms and nobody is doing the arithmetic about who paid what. The four doubles are evenly sized and the two twins take proper single berths rather than bunks.
Bathrooms are finished in timber with curved glass shower enclosures and the same recessed LED lighting as the cabins. Eight bathrooms for eighteen guests is the right ratio at this size, and it is the detail that keeps a large group gulet charter Marmaris week from becoming a queue.
The aft deck is the heart of her and it is unusually well resolved. A long dining table seats all eighteen at once under a fixed awning, and immediately behind it sits a curved bar with stools built into a sweeping banquette — a proper bar, not a drinks trolley.
Seating eighteen at one table matters more than it sounds. Most boats this size split a group across two sittings or two tables, and the week never quite gels. Hers does not, and that is the single strongest argument for her over the alternatives.
Forward and above, the decks run to sunpads in navy over wide teak, with a jacuzzi set into the deck and shaded seating groups either side. There is enough separate space that eighteen people are never all in the same place unless they want to be.
She carries a jet ski, water skis, snorkelling gear, fishing tackle and a sea ladder, with tenders for the run ashore. The inventory is straightforward rather than extravagant, and for a large group gulet charter Marmaris booking that is usually the right trade — the constraint at eighteen guests is tender capacity, not toy variety.
Additional toys can be hired in for the week on request, diving can be arranged at the anchorage. The swim platform runs the full width of the transom and the crew keep it rigged through the day.
Marmaris is her home port, ninety minutes from Dalaman airport. The Gulf of Hisarönü runs west — Selimiye, Bozburun, Datça, Palamutbükü — and the Datça peninsula ends at Knidos above its ancient harbour. East lies Ekincik, the Dalyan delta and the Gulf of Fethiye.
At her size the itinerary needs anchorages with room to swing and a shore that can take eighteen people ashore in two tender lifts. Aquinox Yachting builds the route around that rather than around a standard loop, and with Greek transit paperwork arranged in advance Rhodes and Symi are a morning away.
Cooking well for eighteen every day for a week is a different discipline from cooking for eight, and her galley and crew are set up for it. Menus are agreed before boarding, dietary requirements taken by name, and breakfast and lunch are laid as buffets on the aft deck with dinner served at the table.
The crew book the boat-in-only kitchens along the Hisarönü shore — the fish tavernas of Selimiye and Bozburun, the mooring restaurants at Bozukkale and Karaca Bay. A table for eighteen at those places needs several days’ notice, which is exactly the sort of thing a large group gulet charter Marmaris booking is paying the crew to handle.
Length overall 42.00 m (137’10”). Beam 9.15 m. Built 2018 by Nailoğlu Tersanesi. Engines 2 × 750 hp Mitsubishi. Generators 2 × 40 kW John Deere. Eight cabins — two master, four double, two twin — eighteen guests, crew of eight. Flag Türkiye, home port Marmaris. Air conditioning throughout, deck jacuzzi, satellite television, Wi-Fi, aft deck bar.
Sources differ on her length and all figures are recorded here: the TYBA registry gives 42 metres, one retail agency publishes 40.15 metres and another 45 metres. The registry figure is published above. Her crew is given as eight by the registry and nine by one retailer. Aquinox Yachting will confirm any figure in writing before contract.
Rates run from €52,500 to €77,000 per week depending on season, plus expenses. The rate covers the yacht, the crew of eight, insurance and standard equipment. Fuel, provisioning, harbour dues and gratuities are additional and normally handled through an advance provisioning allowance.
Across eighteen berths that works out at roughly €2,900 to €4,300 per person for the week, which for a 2018 hull with eight en-suite cabins is competitive against anything of comparable age. She books early — July and August usually a season ahead.
Eight crew look after eighteen guests — captain, chef, engineer, deckhands and stewardesses. Her master, Captain Duran Gökçe, runs the Hisarönü and Datça coasts. At this ratio the service stays attentive rather than stretched, which is not a given on boats carrying this many.
Availability, sample itineraries and the full inventory are on request. For other large-group options see our 46m schooner for thirty-six at Fethiye, our 28m gulet for sixteen at Marmaris, or browse the full Aquinox charter fleet.
Background reading on the type and the port: the gulet and Marmaris on Wikipedia. To hold a week aboard this large group gulet charter Marmaris vessel, contact Aquinox Yachting on +90 549 507 19 93 or info@aquinoxyachting.com.
From €52,500 to €77,000 per week depending on season, plus expenses — roughly €2,900 to €4,300 per person across eighteen berths. The rate covers the yacht, the crew of eight, insurance and standard equipment.
Eighteen, in eight en-suite cabins — two masters, four doubles and two twins. Two masters rather than one is what makes her work for two or three families travelling together.
Yes, and it is her strongest argument. The aft deck table seats the full complement in one sitting under a fixed awning, with a curved bar and banquette immediately behind it. Most boats this size split a group across two tables.
Launched in 2018 by Nailoğlu Tersanesi, which makes her one of the newest hulls of her size on the Turkish coast. Twin 750hp Mitsubishi diesels and two 40kW generators carry the hotel load for eighteen air-conditioned berths.
The Gulf of Hisarönü west of the town — Selimiye, Bozburun, Datça, Palamutbükü — and the Datça peninsula ending at Knidos, with Ekincik, the Dalyan delta and the Gulf of Fethiye east. Rhodes and Symi are a morning away with Greek transit paperwork arranged in advance.
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