43m Blue Cruise Gulet Charter Bodrum | 2010 | BO4316

A blue cruise gulet charter Bodrum is the oldest idea in Turkish yachting, and this is the largest way to do it: forty-three metres, two masts, sixteen cabins and thirty-six guests, with eight crew berthed separately. The hull is white over a varnished mahogany band, the decks are teak, and twin 450 hp Cummins drive her without a sail set. She lies at Bodrum Marina and works the peninsula bays and the Gulf of Gökova. Launched in 2010 and taken through a refit in 2023.

She runs fully crewed, eight aboard in their own quarters, so a party of thirty-six is looked after properly. Sixteen cabins below, each with its own ensuite head and shower, each named for a figure out of Greek myth and carrying its name in brass on the door. A blue cruise gulet charter Bodrum is built around exactly this: one boat, one company, one week.

Forty-three metres, a two-masted gulet

The numbers hold up. Length 43 m, or 141 ft. Beam 10.1 m — the width that lets a gulet carry a proper dining saloon rather than a corridor. Draught 3.35 m. Twin 450 hp Cummins diesels drive her, two masts carry the rig, and a generator keeps the whole boat running at anchor. Sixteen heads, one to each cabin, and air conditioning throughout the accommodation.

The layout is closer to a small ship than to a private yacht, and that is the point at thirty-six guests. A full-length saloon runs the width of the main deck with tables and banquettes down both sides, a bar at one end, and companionways forward and aft. Delivered in 2010 and refitted through 2023, she pairs traditional Bodrum-built lines with the capacity to carry a whole wedding. A blue cruise gulet charter Bodrum on this scale is a small ship run like a private house.

A crewed blue cruise gulet charter Bodrum

Charters begin at Bodrum Marina, in the town under the castle. From the dock the cruising ground opens straight up: the sheltered reach of the Gulf of Gökova, Çökertme and the Seven Islands, Sedir Island with its Cleopatra sand, Orak and Karaada off the peninsula, and the Güllük shore to the north. The crew plans each day to the weather — a morning run to a quiet bay, 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 blue cruise gulet charter Bodrum turns the gulf into a week of them.

Saloon, bar and living space

The main deck is the point of the boat. A long teak saloon runs almost the full length of the deckhouse, tables and banquettes down both sides under exposed beams, windows at eye level so the coast is always in the room. A bar sits at one end with a glass-fronted cabinet and a coffee machine; a second lounge opens off the stair. The corridors below are hung with large classical prints, gallery-style, and lit low. A blue cruise gulet charter Bodrum seats thirty-six for dinner without anyone eating on their lap.

Sixteen cabins

Below, sixteen cabins take thirty-six guests, in doubles and twins, each with its own ensuite head and shower. Every cabin is named for a figure out of Greek myth — Zeus, Athena, Apollo, Hera, Aphrodite, Hestia — with the name and its number set in brass beside the door. The joinery is mahogany and pale linen, the berths are wide, air conditioning runs throughout, and the crew are berthed in separate quarters. A blue cruise gulet charter Bodrum puts a whole company below deck without turning the boat into a dormitory.

On deck and in the water

The upper deck is given over to sunbathing: a long run of loungers and sunpads either side of the deckhouse, a shaded seating area aft, and a plunge pool set into the teak. The foredeck carries more cushions under the foremast, the side decks are wide enough to walk two abreast, and the swim ladder drops straight off the stern into water you can see the bottom of. A blue cruise gulet charter Bodrum ends each day in the water.

Specifications

• Model: two-masted gulet, crewed
• Year: 2010 (refit 2023)
• Length: 43 m (141 ft)
• Beam: 10.1 m (33 ft)
• Draught: 3.35 m (11 ft)
• Engines: 2 × 450 hp Cummins
• Cabins: 16, all ensuite
• Berths: up to 36 guests
• Heads: 16 ensuite
• Crew: 8, in separate quarters
• Comfort: generator, air conditioning, teak decks, plunge pool
• Base: Bodrum, Turkey

Charter this gulet in Bodrum

Rates for this blue cruise gulet charter Bodrum start at €46,200 for a seven-night week, crew and yacht included, rising through July and August. Fuel, food, berths and running costs are covered by an advance provisioning allowance on top of the charter fee; a full-board supplement and private airport transfers can be arranged. For another big-group boat on the same coast, see our large group gulet charter in Bodrum, or browse the full range of Aquinox charter yachts. She is a traditional Turkish gulet, built on the Bodrum peninsula.

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