Esma Sultan
Esma Sultan is a 40-metre motor-sailer, built in 2014 and refitted in 2018, for up to 14 guests in seven en-suite cabins: a full-beam master aft with a king bed and a whirlpool bath, four doubles, and two cabins with a double and a single bed. Dark hull, cream deckhouse, and a saloon in high-gloss mahogany with white sofas and windows the length of the room.
Based in Bodrum with a crew of seven: captain, chef, two hostesses and three deckhands. A jet ski, waterskis, a wakeboard, a ringo, a windsurfer, two paddleboards and a canoe, with snorkelling gear for the bay. The aft deck is white and open, with a long dining table and stairs up to the sun deck.
Cabins
Sample itineraries
Round the Gulf of Gökova
You'll leave Bodrum for Çökertme, where the waterside restaurants lay moorings for boats whose guests come ashore to eat. Across the gulf you'll anchor in English Harbour or the narrow inlet at Löngöz, both closed to commercial fishing. At Sedir Island the day boats leave by early evening, and legend says Mark Antony had the sand on its beach shipped from Egypt for Cleopatra.
Knidos and the Hisarönü Gulf
You'll cross to Knidos and anchor in the southern harbour, below the terraces of the ancient city. East along the peninsula, Bencik is a long inlet that almost cuts the land in two, near where Herodotus says the people of Knidos tried to dig a canal to keep out the Persians. Further in, at Orhaniye, the Kızkumu sandbar runs out into the bay just under the surface.
