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A Smaller Yacht Sailing Western Turkey And Aegean Greece A Gulet Sailing Western Turkey And Aegean Greece Return to Crewed Yacht Summary This page last updated on 05/02/2008 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 about charter yachts sailing western Turkey and Aegean Greece may be obtained by clicking on the gray links immediately above. Thank You. You may be searching for deification, or for elevation to divine status. Apotheosis. If so, you have come to the wrong place. Or you may be searching for a charter yacht sailing holiday in Greece, for a Blue Cruise in the Greek Aegean. Or for a charter yacht sailing Turkey, for a charter yacht holiday sailing the Turquoise Coast of Turkey. If so, you have come to the right place. Perhaps you already plan to holiday in Greece or Turkey. At remote blue-water coves and pastel-hued islands, or at the crossroads of history. With your family. Or with a group of friends. You may be looking for the perfect example of a fast charter yacht in which to carry out your plans. Well then, or in any of these events, you have again come to the right place. Yes, holiday aboard a sailing yacht chartered from Blue Cruise Yacht Charters. Charter a crewed sailing yacht to cruise blue water coves and remote islands from Marmaris. Or from Rhodes. Are you searching for Rhodes in Greece? For Marmaris in Turkey? Well, the latter is 25 nautical miles north of the former, and the former is one hour by air from Athens. Or are you searching for Chios or Lesbos in Greece? For Dikili or Pergamun in Turkey? Well, come aboard Apotheose, the perfect example of a fast charter yacht offering unforgettable holidays sailing to these islands and coastal destinations, the perfect example of a fast charter yacht sailing the crossroads of history. Is yours a family holiday? Are your children a little short on geography? On history? Come aboard a charter yacht with an experienced crew able to show you the Ionian, Carian, and Lycian coasts of Turkey, the Sporades and Dodecanese islands of Greece, and the course of eastern Mediterranean history. Come aboard a charter yacht able to show you the 16th century tracks of Kara Khodja, or "Black Eye," and his black-hulled, black-sailed, 60-oared galley, tracks running among Aegean islands now Greek en route to and from Cyprus. In addition to being an Ottoman sea captain, Kara Khodja was the Bey or Governor of Valona in what is now Albania and a captain of janissaries, the conscripted elite of Ottoman forces, and was thus entitled to a lantern galley, that is, to a large galley upon which hung lanterns signifying command status. During the years leading to the Battle of Lepanto his galley wreaked havoc among Venetian communes ashore and merchant traffic at sea, raiding as far north in the Adriatic as Venice itself, razing Hvar, Brac, and Lissa after being turned away at Korcula. In perhaps his most famous exploit he in 1571 surveyed the 236 vessels of the Holy League fleet at Messina by sailing among them on a day of mourning, his galley's black hull and black sails entirely appropriate to the occasion, reporting the numbers of vessels there by type back to Ottoman Fleet Admiral Muezzinade Ali. At the Battle of Lepanto weeks later, however, Kara Khodja lost his life while his galley was captured and placed under the command of a Spanish adventurer. Propelled by the oars of 300 captured janissaries and flying the captured green colors of Mecca, the black-hulled black-sailed galley then made for Tunis where it did a turn-about-fair-play reconnoiter of the Ottoman fleet in that port. Please come aboard Apotheose, a proper crewed yacht available for charter in western Turkey and Aegean Greece and able to discuss what happened next. Contact Blue Cruise Yacht Charters today at blcryacht@aol.com |
