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Post by daveandgill on Jul 22, 2012 9:57:19 GMT
We (like all here, I guess) like to watch the comings and goings of the yachts and particularly the Turkish "gulets".
Many of the beautifully made wooden boats that we've watched look very comfortable. We wondered what a trip on these might be like.
I once looked up a website as advertised on the side of one gulet and was impressed by the layout but put off by the price (I'm mean).
Just a couple of days ago I saw a late booking holiday in our local Thomas Cook high street shop for one week in October for a little over £330. I realised that there may be a good spread of prices, in the same way that hotels might cover a wide quality and price range.
So now, it's on again!
Anyone had experience of such a holiday/cruise?
Dave.
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Post by Kinygos on Jul 22, 2012 12:11:35 GMT
"Anyone had experience of such a holiday/cruise?"
I doubt if anybody on this board has, but if you do it I for one would certainly like to know what it's like.
I always think it sad that yachts in general never sail round here. If you see one under sail you can be assured that it is privately owned. While driving back from Kamiros on Saturday I saw a yacht in a fair breeze under power; a travesty. I am not a sailor, but as I understand it it is a great thrill to have a yacht speeding along without a noisy engine. The other thing is supposed to be that she doesn't get bounced about so much. I have no idea about any of this.
Unfortunately a Gulet, or hire yacht cruise that you take will never see the sails go up. I am not even sure that the Gulets have sails! It would still be worth a try though.
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Post by Di on Jul 22, 2012 15:15:54 GMT
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Post by Kinygos on Jul 22, 2012 15:41:31 GMT
"L'enfer, c'est les autres"
That's you actual Jean-Paul Sartre
just a change from René Descartes! |
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Post by Di on Jul 22, 2012 16:25:36 GMT
"yizzerorlaganganutters" Terry from Anfield  |
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Post by Kinygos on Jul 22, 2012 17:20:47 GMT
Not familiar with Terry from Anfield, but it's not often you see a paraphrase of two French philosphers in one post, most impressive!
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Post by daveandgill on Jul 22, 2012 17:51:33 GMT
You are right about the lack of sail. The websites I have seen so far suggest that it would be rare to get under sail.
So if that means that I will not wake up on the floor next to my bed whilst the room is listing at 20 degrees (without the benefit of strong drink!), this could be better, if not "green".
Dave
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Post by Enforcer on Jul 22, 2012 17:56:37 GMT
Hi daveandgill. We have had two gúlet holidays in the past and thoroughly enjoyed them. We did the two-center holiday with the first week in a villa (20 rooms) and the second week on a gulet. The trick is to go with friends that way you have a nucleus of 'friends' and usually pick up a few more acquaintances in the villa. Going 'cold' could be fraught unless you are exceedingly gregarious.  Within a day you become boat-people and we usually parked up at a deserted cove or island, if any other boat came within a mile you felt your space being intruded.  The food is excellent, the service good but unintrusive; the crew is usually a skipper, an engineer and a gopher. The gúlet came with kayaks, snorkel kit and a wind-surfing board and every time the boat parked up it was cleaned from pointy-end to blunt-end and this was a 14-berth, 22 meter, three-master.  Our skipper, we used him of both our trips, used to set the sails (to save fuel) whenever possible and often when in clear-ish water would give me the helm and bugger off for a kip.  As with everything it's the people on board that you have to get on with and that's why we went with friends. Food is all-inclusive and drinks, both soft and hard, operated on an honesty bar format. |
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Post by kalliopi on Jul 22, 2012 21:56:57 GMT
All I can add is that as an ex holiday rep in both Greece & Turkey, I personally would not gamble with the weather and go in October,especially if I was going on a boat, that is why it is inexpensive then of course.
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Post by daveandgill on Jul 23, 2012 14:21:09 GMT
Thanks Enforcer, "fitting in" is something that Gill and I had considered. We guess that they will not run a multi-national cruise without telling us. Being the only non-German/French/Italian speakers on board would be a severe limitation too.
Thanks Kalliopi, It would be a risk indeed to go at that time of year. A little like booking a Lakeland holiday cottage in July (or August or September......insert any month here.....).
Anyway, it's worth researching for a try in September 2012/13, but not to replace our break on Halki of course, what could compete with that?
Dave
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Post by Enforcer on Jul 23, 2012 18:29:06 GMT
Hi daveandgill, it's not the foreigners it's the other Brits. The tour operators try to keep different nationalities on different boats.  We went September 1989 and 1991 so things might be a little different now but the basics, boat, food, drink and swanning around the oggin is what they provide.  All cabins are ensuite but privacy is pretty low on the list. The route is normally agreed by the skipper and the group but it helps to be a little forward. Enforcer is my old Hiona nickname but not entirely undeserved. The crew prefer to park up near habitation being fed up with tourists by September but friendly negotiations usually persuade the skipper to leave port and park up somewhere secluded.  |
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