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information concerning bareboats sailing Greece and Turkey may be obtained by clicking on the maroon
links immediately above. Thank You. You must be searching for a bareboat sailing Greece or
Turkey. How else could you have found this web page! You may be considering a holiday in the eastern
Mediterranean, and you may be wondering what sort of yachts are available. Among others, Jeanneau
SunOdyssey 49i's are fast, easy to handle, and accommodate three or four couples in comfort. You may be
thinking of a holiday sailing the coast of Turkey. The Turquoise Coast with its near-infinite number of
pine-clad coves and seemingly endless archaeological reminders of ancient history. Turkey is hard to beat.
And the cuisine! Sixty-four different entrees based on aubergine alone. In Turkish that's
sixty-four different mezes based on patlican alone. And that's just for starters. Or is it
Aegean Greece you have in mind? Pastel-hued Dodecanese islands and blue-on-white Cyclades islands. And the
octopus! Always superb, in vinegar it is even better! And there is plenty of history to be found among the
islands, as well. History such as that made by Honore de Hocquincourt, an accomplished sea captain cruising
among these same islands in the 1660's, cruising with letters of marque first from the Knights of Malta and
then from the Republic of Venice. Hocquincourt was one of eight children born to an old and distinguished
family of Picardie in that part of France bordering on the English Channel, his father Charles a Marshall
of France under Louis XIV, his mother Eleonore from an equally distinguished family of Valencay. Like many
junior offspring of distinguished families, Honore de Hocquincourt did not succeed to titles and property
but rather was left to fend for himself. He turned to the sea. By 1660 he owned and commanded a 36-gun
frigate such as that depicted below, a square-rigged sailing warship only then coming into its own in a
Mediterranean theretofore dominated by oared galleys. Obtaining that year a privateer letter of marque
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from the Knights of Malta, one of whom
was his brother Dominique, he set about disrupting Ottoman commerce in the Aegean and Ionian Seas. Over the
next several years he came out on top following a succession of engagements with Ottoman corsairs off the
islands of Zakinthos, Sifnos, and Chios, among others, most of these engagements in the company of
fellow-privateer Anne-Hilarion de Tourville. He obtained much of his renown in November 1665, though, when
he, Tourville, and a third privateer were caught in a dead calm off Candia (Crete) by 34 galleys under the
command of Ottoman Admiral Mehmet Ali Pasha. In spite of the advantage of maneuverability, the Ottomans were
decisively defeated and driven from the field. Hocquincourt's frigate alone took 150 cannon ball hits and
was rammed in the poop before the engagement ended in victory. Returning to Malta for battle repairs, however,
Hocquincourt and his fellow captains found themselves less than welcome; peer envy, one report has it. In
consequence he and Tourville made their way to Venice where their reputations had preceded them. There in
1666 they obtained Venetian letters of marque and continued as before, the two of them in November, almost 12
months to the day following their first great victory, engaging off the southern Peloponnesus 26 Ottoman war
galleys, sinking some and putting the rest to flight. A grateful Doge Domenico Contarini in 1667 offered both
Hocquincourt and Tourville elevation to the Republic's Maggior Consiglio or Great Council. Neither
accepted. 
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shoal by a storm. Could you be dreaming of a bareboat SunOdyssey sailing yacht in which to cruise these
crossroads of history? Could you be dreaming of a bareboat charter in Greece? Of sailing from one remote
island town climbing steep harbor slopes to the next remote island town dining on the catch of dozens of
brightly painted caiques with fish net piled high fore and aft? Or could you be dreaming of sailing the
southwest coast of Turkey? Could you be dreaming of a bareboat SunOdyssey sailing from one quaint seaside
town with bazaar to the next quaint seaside town dominated by a medieval castle? Or is it both Turkey and
Greece about which you are dreaming? How about realizing your dream aboard a SunOdyssey 49i sailing both
Greece and Turkey with group accommodations? With room for you two and three like-minded couples. How about
chartering a SunOdyssey 49i to cruise Turkey's ancient Lycia. Or to sail routes along the coast of
neighboring Caria and among Greek Dodecanese islands. While you enjoy those bazaars and pastel hues. Would
you like to have such a holiday cruising these routes, some along Turkey's Turquoise Coast, some among remote
Aegean islands of Greece? Surely you would like to holiday aboard a charter yacht proceeding leisurely from
one enchanting island town to the next enchanting island town. Who wouldn't! Starting in Gocek! Are you
searching for Gocek in Turkey? Well, it is located in the NW corner of the Gulf of Fethiye 42 nautical miles
ENE of Rhodes Town. There we can put you aboard a bareboat for the sailing odyssey of a lifetime. We can put
you aboard a charter yacht and point you toward the flat sailing waters of the Gulf of Gocek. We can show
you Honore de Hocquincourt's path down the coast of Caria and into the Dodecanese Islands of Greece where at
Karpathos he once could be found lying in wait for rich Ottoman caravans coming up from Egypt and Libya. A
superb Jeanneau SunOdyssey 49i sailing Greece and Turkey. Contact
Charter Yachts Turkey today at