24m Boutique Gulet Charter Fethiye | 1998 | SO2403

Low, wide and varnished to a deep gloss, this 24-metre wooden gulet works the Turquoise Coast from a berth at Ece Marina. A boutique gulet charter Fethiye guests remember is rarely the largest boat in the bay — it is the one with three cabins, six berths and two crew who know every anchorage between Göcek and Kekova.

Built in 1998 and refitted in 2012, she carries the proportions of a traditional Bodrum-built hull with the systems of a modern charter yacht. For a family or a single party of friends, a boutique gulet charter Fethiye of this size buys a privacy that a twelve-guest vessel cannot.

Twenty-four metres, built in 1998

She measures 24 metres overall with a 6.1-metre beam and draws 2.45 metres, shallow enough to tuck into the pine-lined inlets that larger yachts must admire from outside. A single 500 hp diesel, 2,000 litres of fuel and a bow thruster make short work of the passage legs, while the classic mainsail is set on lighter afternoons for the pleasure of it rather than for speed.

A crewed boutique gulet charter Fethiye

Two permanent crew run the yacht, and the cook is one of them. That ratio, two crew to six guests, is what separates a boutique gulet charter Fethiye from a bareboat week: breakfast appears on the aft deck without being ordered, the tender is launched when you look at the beach, and the table is cleared while you are still swimming.

The standard week runs east from Fethiye through Göcek’s twelve islands, Tersane, Kapı Creek and Sarsala, then south past Ölüdeniz toward Kalkan and Kekova. Shorter charters stay inside the Gulf of Fethiye, where every night is a different cove and no leg is longer than two hours under engine. A boutique gulet charter Fethiye is measured in coves rather than in miles.

Dinner is where Mediterranean gastronomy earns the itinerary. The crew keep a short list of boat-in-only kitchens, the jetty tavernas at Tersane and Kapı Creek among them, where the only approach is from the water and the menu is whatever came in that morning. On the nights between, the cook serves aboard.

Saloon, galley and living space

The saloon is panelled and air-conditioned, with a corner banquette, a flat-screen television and a DVD player for the rare wet afternoon. It sits low in the hull and stays cool through August, which is what an interior has to do on a boutique gulet charter Fethiye. The inside helm is set forward, with a GPS plotter and autopilot within reach of the settee.

The galley is fitted for a working cook rather than for show: granite worktops, cooker and oven, fridge, freezer, ice maker and a coffee machine. A generator and an inverter keep the air conditioning, the heating and the domestic circuits running at anchor without a shore line.

Three cabins

Three double cabins sleep six, each with its own head and shower, air conditioning and hanging storage. On a boutique gulet charter Fethiye of this size the arrangement suits one family or three couples travelling together; there is no bunk cabin and no shared head, which on a 24-metre hull is a trade the owners made deliberately. Gloss-lacquered joinery, upholstered headboards and reading lights finish each room.

On deck and in the water

Sun pads run forward of the mast and aft sunbeds sit behind the dining table, which is inlaid with a compass rose and seats all six. A jet ski, a kayak and snorkelling sets are carried on the foredeck, and the outside shower and the swim ladder at the transom make the water the default room of a boutique gulet charter Fethiye.

Specifications

• Length overall: 24 m (78 ft)
• Beam: 6.1 m
• Draught: 2.45 m
• Built: 1998
• Refit: 2012
• Hull: timber
• Cabins: 3 doubles
• Guests: 6
• Heads: 3
• Crew: 2, including cook
• Engine: 500 hp (373 kW) diesel
• Fuel capacity: 2,000 litres
• Rig: classic mainsail
• Equipment: bow thruster, generator, inverter, autopilot, GPS plotter, air conditioning, heating
• Water toys: jet ski, kayak, snorkelling sets
• Base: Fethiye, Turkey

Charter this gulet in Fethiye

Rates open at €6,300 per week for the whole yacht with two crew, which places this boutique gulet charter Fethiye at the accessible end of the crewed market without dropping the standard. Larger parties should compare the 27-metre deluxe gulet or the 30-metre motor gulet, both based in the same port, while the wider fleet is listed under charter yachts. Background on the type is at Wikipedia.

A boutique gulet charter Fethiye books quickly for July and August, and the shoulder weeks in late May, June and September are the ones worth asking about first. Contact Aquinox Yachting for availability, provisioning preferences and a routing proposal built around your dates.