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Turkey, Greece and Croatia are for large groups, so gather your friends and share the charm of the Eastern Mediterranean!
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Looking for something different for your sailing trip? View the other types of boats.
Charter a gulet and get ready to enjoy a completely different Mediterranean experience!
Also known as Blue Cruise, a gulet sailing vacation is an amazing way to discover the best sailing destinations. Especially if all you want to do is relax and maybe leave the cooking or dishes to someone else, gulets make for the perfect vacation as they come with their own crew, typically comprising a captain, a cook, a deckhand (or sailor), and sometimes a waiter or hostess, or both, to take care of your needs.
Comfortable, stylish, and yes, we admit it, somewhat eccentric, gulets represent the vacation alternative for cruising to the most secluded and spectacular coastlines!
Rent Gulets in Croatia
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Gulet
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Eleganza
1997 | Gulet
Split City, Split,
Croatia
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Tajna Mora
2007 | Gulet
Split City, Split,
Croatia
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Stella Maris
2004 | Gulet
Split City, Split,
Croatia
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Angelica
1991 | Gulet
Split City, Split,
Croatia
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Carpe Diem
2003 | Gulet
Split City, Split,
Croatia
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Gulet
2011 | Gulet
Split City, Split,
Croatia
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Sinbadsan
1983 | Gulet
Split City, Split,
Croatia
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Lotus
2006 | Gulet
Split City, Split,
Croatia
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Acapella
2021 | Gulet
Split City, Split,
Croatia
Do you know those wooden boats that you might see on Pirates of the Caribbean? Well, these are gulets and are a traditional Turkish handcrafted boat with a unique design and decor, mostly built in the southwestern coast of Turkey, especially in Bodrum and Marmaris.
The Turkish word gulet is a loanword from Venetian gołéta (modern Italian goletta), itself a loanword from French gouëlette which in turn comes from a Celtic word for gull. In the past, they were used as cargo ships and fishing boats in the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean Sea, but by the end of the 1980s, gulets started to become more and more popular amongst vacationers, eventually making their way in the leisure-cruise industry, and are now used today as an elegant pleasure boat.
The four main destinations you can find a gulet to rent are Turkey, Croatia, Greece, and Montenegro with few possibilities to find them in other Mediterranean countries, like Italy and Spain, and very limited outside of the Mediterranean. They are always crewed and are known as motor sailers; that is, they usually have to run on a motor but can also sail. However, not all the gulets have sails and, even if they have, they are different form sailboats: They are much larger and bigger, thus also heavier, and need much more wind to sail.
When should you rent a gulet? Given that the length of most gulets ranges from 20 to 30 meters with roughly 5 to 8 cabins or more and that their weekly rental fee is higher than other types of boats, gulets are suitable for larger groups of people (6 or more passengers).
Obviously, prices will vary depending on whether you charter a standard basic gulet or a superior or deluxe one, since some gulets offer the most fashionable design and most luxurious amenities like latest technology TVs or even jacuzzis. Most gulets typically have air conditioning (sometimes distributed some hours per day or unlimited), an en-suite toilet and bathroom, WiFi, but again, the service and the facilities onboard are closely linked to the price of the gulet.
In general, cabins are broader than in a sailboat or a catamaran and can be single, double, twin, include double beds, two or three single beds, bunk beds and up to queen size beds in deluxe gulets. The kitchen and saloon are always particularly gorgeous and are fully equipped, but the real strong suit and the best aspect of a gulet are where all the guests usually eat, the deck, since there is also a shady dining area and a cushion seating zone to relax. Nevertheless at the foredeck is where the real sun worshipers can enjoy relaxing on the sun beds and soaking up the sun!
Let's move on to something that anyone unfamiliar with a gulet may be concerned about: the food. The food is considered an extra to pay per person/per week. You can normally choose from various options: full board (breakfast, lunch, and dinner), half board (breakfast and lunch), with the option of purchasing drinks from the ship's bar according to the bar price list, shipping your own favorite drinks and bottles of wine or champagne, or other packages that only include soft-drinks (domestic non alcoholic drinks) or all-inclusive.
When you charter a gulet, you’re also hiring the crew and their service, which is crucial for the vacation’s outcome and the client’s satisfaction. Their number depends on the size of the gulet. There’s always a minimum of 2 members, a captain and a chef for smaller and standard gulets, up to 4 or 5 members in luxury gulets.
But no matter how many members of the crew, there'll always be a captain who drives the boat and a cook to prepare the meals, and you’ll always have the boat and the cabin clean. The captain is in charge of driving the boat and is responsible for everyone’s safety, including the passengers, the crew members, and the boat itself. Before embarking, you should discuss the route with the captain since he should also be able to suggest places, beaches, and bays that are worth a visit. You should also remember, however, that the captain always has the final word on the route.
The cook is the second most important person of the crew. He or she will prepare delicious dishes and is in charge of everything concerning food preparation. If there is a professional waiter or hostess, they will serve the food and drinks properly, clean the boat, and greet the guests with warmth and make sure they are comfortable. If there is no hostess or waiter, the sailor will also clean the boat and his or her responsibility will be to help the captain, making sure that everything works properly.
In short, all the crew will work hard to provide you with a 24/7 service and assist with anything you may need, so maybe think about giving them a break sometimes too!