24m Small Group Gulet Charter Bodrum | 2007 | CA2403

A small group gulet charter Bodrum is the version of this coast most people actually want: one boat, six guests, four crew, and nobody sharing a cabin with a stranger. This one is twenty-four metres of varnished Turkish timber, built in 2007 and taken through a refit in 2022, lying in Bodrum City Harbour under the castle walls. Three cabins, three heads, twin 280 hp diesels, and no rig to trim — she is a motor gulet, so the week is about anchorages rather than sail handling.

What six guests get on a twenty-four metre hull is space that a twelve-guest boat never has. The foredeck carries a full run of sunpads; the aft deck has a dining table and a second helm; the saloon below has its own dining and two wraparound leather settees. A small group gulet charter Bodrum spreads six people across a boat built for twice that many.

Twenty-four metres, built in 2007

The numbers hold up. Length 24 m, or 79 ft. Beam 6.4 m and draught 2.8 m, deep enough to hold her line when the meltemi comes down the gulf in the afternoon. Twin 280 hp diesels, 418 kW between them, with 4,000 litres of fuel and 4,000 litres of fresh water. Generator, autopilot, radar and plotters at both the inside and outside helms. Air conditioning and heating run throughout, so the shoulder weeks in May and October work as well as August.

A crewed small group gulet charter Bodrum

She is skippered by design and cannot be taken bareboat. Four crew run her — more crew than guests, which is the whole point of the format. They handle the passage, the anchor and the tender; meals are a per-person menu package agreed before departure, which on this coast means grilled fish, meze and whatever the market had that morning. Breakfast is laid on the aft deck, lunch is usually eaten at anchor with the ladder down.

Bodrum sits on a peninsula with water on both sides, which is why the fleet bases here. North lies the Gulf of Gökova: Çökertme, Sedir Island with its Cleopatra beach, Seven Islands and the long inlet at English Harbour. South and west run Bitez, Gümüşlük with its sunken city, and the crossing to Knidos at the tip of the Datça peninsula. A small group gulet charter Bodrum rarely covers more than fifty miles in a week.

The dinners worth going ashore for here are boat-in only — a jetty, a few tables, a kitchen working from one garden and one fishing boat. On a small group gulet charter Bodrum the crew know which are open and which are worth the tender ride, and a table for six is easier to place than a table for fourteen.

Saloon, galley and living space

The saloon runs under a beamed mahogany deckhead with a dining table on one side and a curved cream leather banquette wrapped around the after end. Long windows sit at eye level with lace-trimmed curtains, there is a flat-screen and an audio system inside and out, and the inside helm stands forward with its own timber wheel. Air conditioning and heating run throughout.

Aft, under a full-width awning with recessed lighting, a varnished table seats all six with the outside helm behind it and a run of bench seating along the rail. A small group gulet charter Bodrum eats outside almost every night, and this is where it happens: the table laid at dusk, the swim ladder still down, the harbour lights coming on across the bay.

Three cabins

Below, three cabins take six guests, each with its own head and shower and three electric heads in total. The master runs wide with banks of mahogany drawers, a desk and portlights either side; the others carry a double and a twin, with reading lights, bedside lockers and a day settee. The joinery is polished mahogany throughout and the heads are finished in mosaic tile with framed shower enclosures. A small group gulet charter Bodrum gives every couple aboard their own bathroom.

On deck and in the water

The foredeck carries a full run of sunpads on bare teak between the masts, with a second set aft above the swim platform. Side decks are wide, there is an outside shower, and a kayak, a stand-up paddleboard and water toys come with the boat along with the tender and its engine. On a small group gulet charter Bodrum the day usually ends where it started: at anchor, engines off, nobody in a hurry.

Specifications

• Type: gulet, crewed
• Year: 2007 (refit 2022)
• Length: 24 m (79 ft)
• Beam: 6.4 m (21 ft)
• Draught: 2.8 m (9 ft)
• Engines: 2 x 280 hp (418 kW) diesel
• Cabins: 3, all ensuite
• Berths: up to 6 guests
• Crew: 4
• Heads: 3, electric
• Tanks: 4,000 l fuel, 4,000 l fresh water
• Comfort: generator, air conditioning, heating, cooker, fridge, coffee machine, flat-screen TV, audio system, sun pads, kayak, stand-up paddleboard, water toys, dinghy with engine
• Navigation: saloon and outside GPS plotters, radar, autopilot
• Base: Bodrum, Turkey

Charter this gulet in Bodrum

Rates for this small group gulet charter Bodrum start at €8,300 for a seven-night week, crew and yacht included, rising through July and August; Turkish VAT is added on top. Food is taken as a per-person menu package, and fuel, berths and running costs are covered by an advance provisioning allowance. For a larger boat from the same harbour, see our premium gulet charter in Bodrum, or browse the full range of Aquinox charter yachts. She is a traditional Turkish gulet, built on the Aegean coast.

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