18m Boutique Gulet Charter Bodrum | 2023 | KA1804

A boutique gulet charter Bodrum is the Turquoise Coast at its most composed. This one is an 18-metre gulet, a modern Turkish motor sailer in white and varnished timber, four cabins for eight, broad teak decks and a warm mahogany saloon below. A 165 hp diesel for the passages, full sail for the breeze, and the run of the coast between Bodrum and the gulfs. Built in 2023 and kept to full charter standard.

She runs fully crewed, captain, chef and hostess aboard, so the guest list does nothing but come along. Four cabins below, four heads, a mahogany saloon with soft settees, and acres of teak above for lounging, dining and swimming. A boutique gulet charter Bodrum is built around exactly this: shade, space, and a slow week on beautiful water.

Eighteen metres of teak and mahogany

The numbers hold up. Length 18 m. Beam 5.5 m — the width that gives a gulet its terrace-like decks. Draught 3 m, deep enough to hold her line under sail. A 165 hp diesel, 123 kW, carries her between anchorages, and the two masts add sail when the wind fills in. Fuel 1,500 litres, water 2,000 litres — a week of showers and swimming with room to spare.

A generator, roof solar, an inverter, autopilot, a cockpit chart plotter, a watermaker and air conditioning and heating throughout round out the fit, and teak runs the full length of the deck. The galley is built for a chef — oven, hob, dishwasher, freezer, ice maker and coffee machine — with a BBQ on deck. Delivered new in 2023, she pairs a classic gulet hull with fresh systems and joinery throughout.

A crewed boutique gulet charter from Bodrum

Charters begin at Bodrum, in the city harbour beneath the castle at the heart of the town. From the dock the cruising ground opens straight up: the islands of the Gulf of Gökova, the quiet coves of the Datça peninsula, and the clear water off the Greek Dodecanese within an easy reach. On a boutique gulet charter Bodrum the crew plans each day to the weather — a morning under sail to a quiet cove, lunch at anchor over clear water, the tender ashore to a village the road reaches slowly.

Aquinox arranges boat-in dining along the coast, the waterline tavernas where the kitchen sits at sea level and the table waits for the yacht to come alongside. A boutique gulet charter Bodrum turns the gulf into a week of them.

Deck, saloon and helm

A gulet is a boat you live on deck. The aft deck sets a long teak dining table under a bimini, a curved lounge wraps the stern in deep cream cushions, and the foredeck carries full-beam sunpads forward of the mast. Below, a saloon panelled in varnished mahogany, soft settees and a formal table hold the coast through the windows. A boutique gulet charter Bodrum lives outside by day and gathers below at night.

Four cabins in mahogany

Below, four cabins sleep eight — each finished in warm timber and pale linen, with its own double or twin berth, stowage and hull-window, and an en-suite head with a shower. The joinery is the point of a modern gulet: warm mahogany, brass fittings and soft neutral tones throughout. Four heads serve the guests, air conditioning runs through the accommodation, and the crew keep to their own quarters so the cabins stay private. A boutique gulet charter Bodrum sleeps eight in the kind of cabin a hotel suite would envy.

On deck and in the water

The broad decks and swim platform are the yacht’s door to the sea. A tender launches with its own outboard for transfers and coast runs, and a paddleboard, a fishing set, snorkelling kit and a boarding ladder come aboard as standard. Swim off the stern, sun on the foredeck, dine on the aft deck as the light goes. A boutique gulet charter Bodrum ends each day in the water.

Specifications

• Type: gulet (motor sailer), crewed
• Year: 2023 (new)
• Length: 18 m (59 ft)
• Beam: 5.5 m
• Draught: 3 m
• Engine: 165 hp (123 kW)
• Fuel / water: 1,500 L / 2,000 L
• Cabins: 4
• Berths: 8 guests
• Heads: 4
• Crew: 3 (captain, chef and hostess)
• Base: Bodrum, Turkey

Charter this gulet in Bodrum

Rates for this boutique gulet charter Bodrum start at €900 per day, crew and yacht included — €6,300 for a seven-night week. Fuel, food, berths and running costs are covered by an advance provisioning allowance on top of the charter fee. For a larger gulet on the same coast, see our luxury gulet charter in Bodrum, or browse the full range of Aquinox charter yachts. The harbour sits directly beneath Bodrum Castle.

Aquinox Yachting manages every boutique gulet charter Bodrum end to end — provisioning, itinerary, transfers and berths.