A luxury motor sailer charter is the Turkish coast’s own invention, and at fifty metres it stops being a gulet week and becomes something else. Fourteen guests in seven suites, nine crew, a deck jacuzzi and twin Volvo diesels of 750 horsepower apiece. She was delivered in 2024 and works out of Göcek.
Fourteen berths is the number that makes her unusual. Most boats on this coast stop at twelve, and the jump to fourteen is the difference between splitting a group across two yachts and keeping everyone at one table. Seven cabins — a master and six VIPs — is what makes it work below decks.
Ten metres of beam on a fifty-metre hull is generous even by gulet standards, and it shows in the saloon: full-width, glazed on both sides, with the horizon visible from a seated position. A luxury motor sailer charter of this scale usually feels like a small ship. This one does not.
She was built in 2024, which on the Turkish coast counts as brand new. Systems, insulation, glass and joinery are all current, and the finish is contemporary — pale oak, walnut, and stone rather than the varnished mahogany that dates most of the fleet. Very few boats offered for luxury motor sailer charter on this coast were launched in the last two years at all.
One master and six VIP cabins, all en-suite. That configuration is deliberately flat: there is no obvious short straw below decks, which matters when three or four families divide the boat between them. Every cabin has air conditioning, entertainment and its own bathroom with a walk-in shower, which on a luxury motor sailer charter is the floor rather than the ceiling.
For a corporate week or a large family group a luxury motor sailer charter with seven equal suites solves a problem that a boat with one grand cabin and six compromises creates. It is the single most common reason parties end up on two smaller yachts instead of one good one.
The main saloon runs the full beam with a lounge and an interior dining table, and there is a second seating area forward. On the two or three evenings a season when the Meltemi makes eating outside unpleasant, that room takes the whole party without anyone perching — a test most boats sold as a luxury motor sailer charter quietly fail.
Nine crew for fourteen guests: a captain, trained chefs, and deck and interior staff. Every meal is cooked aboard from local ingredients — the operator is explicit about that, and on a boat feeding twenty-three people three times a day it is a professional operation rather than an improvisation.
Göcek market and the Fethiye fish quay supply the week. Sea bass and bream landed overnight, tomatoes with actual flavour, sheep cheeses from the Muğla hinterland, figs and pomegranate through September. A luxury motor sailer charter lives or dies on what the chef does with that, not on the size of the galley.
Dietary requirements, allergies and preferences should be given at the time of booking rather than on arrival. Provisioning for twenty-three happens ashore before a luxury motor sailer charter departs, and the bays east of Göcek have nothing.
The best kitchens on this coast cannot be reached by road. The Taurus mountains fall straight into the water and the only way in is a tender from an anchorage, which is the practical argument for a luxury motor sailer charter over a villa with a driver.
The twelve islands behind Göcek hold family kitchens where the menu is whatever came out of the water that morning. Bedri Rahmi Bay, with the painted fish on the rock, is a jetty and a kitchen and nothing else. At Ekincik the restaurants sit at the head of a bay that also serves as the departure point for the Dalyan river and the Lycian rock tombs at Kaunos.
Aboard there is a bar, an ice maker and room for a cellar stocked to a brief before a luxury motor sailer charter begins. Turkish wine repays the attention — the Bozcaada whites with fish, Kalecik Karası from Anatolia with anything from the grill.
Göcek is the best-placed base in Turkey for a boat this size. Dalaman airport is twenty-five minutes from the marina, twelve anchorable islands sit within an hour, and the Gulf of Fethiye opens immediately beyond them. For a party of fourteen arriving on different flights that proximity is not a small consideration.
The classic week runs the Göcek islands and the gulf: Bedri Rahmi, Tersane, Wall Bay, Kızıl Ada, Boynuzbükü and Sarsala, with Ekincik and the Dalyan river to the west. The longer route goes east past Ölü Deniz and Kalkan to Kekova and Simena, which is the finest week of cruising in Turkey and needs the engine hours she has.
Rhodes and Symi lie west across an easy passage, so a luxury motor sailer charter can take in two countries in a week. Greek crossings require a transit log and passports lodged in advance. Aquinox also charters from Bodrum and Marmaris if a different base suits the group.
A jacuzzi on deck, sun mattresses fore and aft, a shade sail, a deck shower, and a dining table that seats the full complement of fourteen. Three separate outdoor areas keep a large party from living on top of each other, which at fourteen guests is the whole difference between an easy week and a cramped one.
Water sports run to diving, fishing, jet ski, water skiing, surfing, snorkelling equipment and inflatable toys, with the diving arranged through a local centre rather than run from the yacht. Navigation covers VHF, radar, GPS, depth sounder, compass and satellite communication. On a luxury motor sailer charter with nine crew the toys go in the water within minutes of the anchor going down.
Length overall 50.00 metres, beam 10.00 metres, built 2024. Twin Volvo diesels of 750 horsepower each. Fourteen guests in seven en-suite suites — one master and six VIP — and nine crew in separate accommodation. Turkish flag, home port Göcek.
Daily rates run at EUR 10,000 in May and October, EUR 12,500 in June and September, and EUR 14,000 in July and August, quoted for the whole yacht with her crew of nine. An advance provisioning allowance of thirty per cent is applied on top.
The APA covers fuel, food, drinks, harbour fees and the running costs of the week, drawn against real expenditure with the balance returned at the end of the charter. Divided across fourteen guests, a luxury motor sailer charter at this size is among the better value on the coast.
A luxury motor sailer charter at fourteen berths goes early for July and August, because there are very few boats that can take the group at all. May, June, September and October are easier to secure and the water is warm from June through October. Send your dates and the group size to Aquinox Yachting for availability, a written quotation and the full inclusions list the same working day.
Fourteen guests in seven en-suite suites: one master and six VIP cabins. Nine crew, including trained chefs, in separate accommodation.
EUR 10,000 in May and October, EUR 12,500 in June and September, EUR 14,000 in July and August, for the whole yacht with her crew of nine, plus a 30 per cent APA.
Fuel, food, drinks, harbour fees and the running costs of the week. It is drawn against real expenditure and the balance is returned at the end of the charter.
Most yachts on this coast stop at twelve. Seven cabins of near-equal standing let three or four families travel on one boat rather than splitting across two.
The twelve Göcek islands and the Gulf of Fethiye, west to Ekincik and the Dalyan river, east to Kekova and Simena. Rhodes and Symi are an easy passage west.
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