The Bavaria 36 is an inspired choice
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 bareboats sailing Greece and Turkey may be obtained by clicking on the gray links immediately above. Thank You. Are you searching for the perfect holiday? One which has everything? Are you imagining a sailing yacht on which to vacation in Turkey and Greece? Are you dreaming of a bareboat cruising Turkey? Cruising from secluded bay to secluded bay along Turkey's southwestern coast? Bays surrounded by Calabrian pine to the edge of crystal clear water? Or are you dreaming of a bareboat sailing Greece? Preferring to sail between remote Greek islands from one waterside town painted in Dodecanese pastels to the next? Or both? Are you hoping to sail both Greece and Turkey on the same holiday? Well, it can be done! Why not do it aboard a charter yacht comfortably accommodating you two and four of your friends. Why not begin your holiday by cruising ancient Caria. By sailing the Spartan superhero Lysander's tracks along the coast of Caria and among Greek islands of the Aegean. Tracks made in pursuit of Athenian triremes during the Peloponnesian War. Tracks in the final years of the war leading to and from Miletus, and to and from Ephesus. Tracks sailed while you bask in a warm Aegean sun. Would you like to have such a holiday cruising the crossroads of history? Would you like to have a three-couple holiday aboard a charter yacht proceeding leisurely from seafood feast to seafood feast? Are you into octopus? Have you tried it grilled? In vinegar? Come charter a yacht in Gocek. We can tell you about octopus. Are you searching for Gocek in Turkey? Well, it is 42 nautical miles ENE of Rhodes Town and about 15 road miles from Dalaman International Airport. In Gocek we can put you aboard a Bavaria 36 for a memorable holiday. We can put you aboard a charter yacht and show you the flat sailing waters of the neighboring Gulfs of Gocek and Fethiye, and point you toward Rhodes Town to pick up Lysander's 405 BC track. In the preceding year the Spartan armada commanding approaches to Ephesus and Miletus had been routed by an Athenian armada in a sea battle fought off the east coast of Lesbos. One of the consequences was the recall of Lysander to Ephesus from Sparta to replace the defeated Spartan commanders. Gathering his numerically inferior survivors Lysander sailed from Ephesus to Cedrae, an Athenian ally in the Ceramic Gulf (Gulf of Bodrum) which he put to the sword, adding captured galleys to his flotilla and selling the mixed Hellene and barbarian (Carian) citizenry into slavery. From Cedrae he sailed to Rhodes Town still seeking to supplement his meager force, and from Rhodes Town he turned north again to Iasus, another Carian ally of Athens, executiing all males of military age and enslaving the rest of the citizenry. From Iasus he moved on to Miletus only recently returned to the Spartan fold. Blue Cruise Yacht Charters can show you this track and point you toward the route Lysander then took from Miletus past Samos and Ephesus and Chios and Lesbos to Lampsacus (modern Lapseki) on the Asian side of the Hellespont. The Athenian armada so successful in 406 BC soon took up a position on the opposite shore at Aegospotami a mile and a half distant. Each day for four days the Athenians sailed out 180 vessels strong to give challenge, and each day Lysander refused to commit his inferior force, remaining safe and provisioned in the harbor of Lampsacus. Aegospotami, on the other hand, was a beach with no town inside of two miles, and each evening the Athenians would beach their galleys and the crews would go in search of food and drink. Lulled by Lysander's inferior force and by his refusal to give battle, the Athenians became ever more careless. On the fifth evening Lysander struck while the Athenians were beached, capturing or destroying 171 of the 180 Athenian ships. It was at Aegospotami that Lysander brought the 27-year Peloponnesian War to an end. Come sail the crossroads of history. Come sail the crossroads of history aboard a superb sloop-rigged Bavaria 36 sailing Greece and Turkey. Contact Blue Cruise Yacht Charters today at blcryacht@aol.com |
