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Designed by Britain's Bill Dixon from the old Angus Primrose firm now bearing his name,
Anitta is a 62-foot sloop with classic lines, a lot of sail area, and 21st Century accommodations.
With three air conditioned guest cabins, two double and one over-and-under, each with bathroom, as well as a large cockpit aft, Anitta takes six guests in comfort. Cruising under power at a speed of 8 knots and sailing even faster, this yacht offers fun and range. Meticulously maintained by her crew,
guests may be confident of a memorable holiday.

Technical Specifications: Year Built: 2005 Length: 62 ft Beam: 16 ft Draft: 8 ft Sail Area: 1,960 sq ft Engine: 240 hp Yanmar Generator: 11 kva Kohler Water 145 gal Fuel 105 gal Cruising Speed: 8 knots

Equipment: VHF Radio-Telephone Navigation Systems Air Conditioning Stereo Music System Electric Windlass Tender with 10 hp Outboard Snorkeling Equipment Fishing Tackle Awning Deck Shower

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This page last updated on 01/02/2010

Dear Homo Sapiens, There is no need to continue reading this page. What follows is intended for search engine robots and spiders and not necessarily for human beings. Further information concerning sailing yachts chartering the Turkish and Greek Aegean may be obtained by clicking on the gray links immediately above. Thank You. Could you be searching for a sailing yacht chartering along the Turkish coast? South from Homer's Troad? Or are you searching for a sloop-rigged yacht cruising the Greek Aegean? Among the Odyssey's sirens? Could you be considering a sailing yacht  holiday embarking in Turkey? This sailing yacht, Anitta, also charters in Greece, and has since commissioning in 2005. Could you be hoping to charter among Greek islands under an Aegean sun? Or would you prefer basking under the same sun along Turkey's Aegean coast? Perhaps you would like to do both, charter Turkey and charter Greece. On the same holiday! Both can be done. Why not do both aboard a charter yacht with accommodations for three guest couples? Or for a family of up to six? You might like to charter such a yacht and begin your holiday by cruising ancient Lycia, home of so many of the Iliad's Trojan heroes. Or begin by sailing Kara Hassan's early 16th century corsair tracks along the Aegean coast of Turkey and among Greek Aegean islands, Kara Hassan meaning Brave Hassan. This Kara Hassan (there was an earlier Kara Hassan) did it with a squadron of fast galliots preying on Latin shipping and Latin communities such as those at Rhodes and Kos. That was before taking his squadron to Algeria and proclaiming himself Emir of Cherchelle. Would you like to sail this corsair's Aegean tracks while you holiday at the crossroads of history? Or would you prefer to simply cruise with family and friends from port to port? Preferring to charter a sailing yacht to cruise further into the Aegean. To the Cyclades. Or are the nearer Greek Dodecanese far enough? Starting in Turkey? Starting in Bodrum? Or Gocek? Are you searching for Bodrum in Turkey? Or are you wondering about Kara Hassan? Kara Hassan got too big for his britches, meeting his end in 1516 at the hands not of Latins but of Aruj Reis, the eldest of the brothers Barbarossa. Or is it Kara Murad's activities at the crossroads of history you wonder about? Kara Murad was famous mostly for keeping his head, literally, as Grand Vizir to Sultan Ibrahim The Mad. A veteran of the janissary corps of Christian conscripts, Kara Murad parlayed a special relationship with the sultan's Greek grandmother Anastasia into longevity in a capital not famous for longevity. When not holding the office of Grand Vizir, Kara Murad earned considerable notoriety in the office of Kapudan Pasha or commander in chief of the Ottoman navy. During the 25-year war between Turkey and Venice over control of Crete, Venice attempted to block the Dardanelles leading from Istanbul in order to prevent Turkey from re-supplying its forces besieging Crete's capital city. In 1654 Kara Murad led an overwhelming flotilla of 79 vessels out of the Sea of Marmara and into the Dardanelles in order to end a blockade on the part of 26 Venetian vessels. The odds were so overwhelming that some 30,000 cheering Turks gathered on both shores to view Venice's come-uppance. Demonstrating the perspicacity which had enabled him to keep his head when all about him were losing theirs, Kara Murad left his flagship for a skiff before the action commenced and, clad as an ordinary seaman, sailed through his flotilla bow and arrow in hand to set an example of courage. And, unkind sources would have it, to save his neck should his flagship be lost, which it was, even though the Turks did win the battle and end the blockade. Kara Murad lived to fight another day and to eventual retirement. It takes no similar perspicacity for Blue Cruise Yacht Charters to put guests aboard a crewed yacht for the holiday of a lifetime. We can put you aboard a charter yacht with an experienced crew able to show you the tracks both of Kara Hassan and of Kara Murad, able to show you the tracks of Sarpedon and other Homeric heroes off Patara Beach, able to show you the home of the Barbarossa brothers on Lesbos, able to show you Freya Stark's 1952 track from Izmir through the Dodecanese and along the coasts of Caria and Lycia to Phaselis in the Gulf of Antalya, able to show you Cleopatra's 32 BC honeymoon route west along the south coast of Asia Minor and into the Greek Aegean. And we can discuss where all of these people were headed and why. So, too, can the crew of Anitta, a Bill Dixon designed sailing yacht chartering the Turkish and Greek Aegean. Contact Blue Cruise Yacht Charters today at blcryacht@aol.com