Crewed
Charter Beneteau 57 Sailing Turkey And Greece
The Beneteau 57 is a Bruce Farr designed sloop with fine
lines and superbly crafted interior. The center of on-board activity is the large, cushioned,
central cockpit which can seat eight for alfresco dining. An uncluttered quarterdeck offers ample
room for sunbathing and, with retractable stairs, easy access to and from the sea. Beneteau 57's
carry a full inventory of sails and were designed for easy handling by a crew of two. As sailing
yachts, these powerful 57-foot passage-makers set a new standard for production boats. Exquisite
details have been so well conceived as to compare with the craftsmanship of many
semi-custom yards.
Below Decks
This twenty-first century yacht offers stylish accommodation for up to six guests in
three well-appointed cabins each with en suite bathroom. There is a master cabin aft of the
salon and galley, while forward of the salon are two identical cabins port and starboard each
with double bed. In some Beneteau 57's this arrangement is reversed with the master cabin
forward and double cabins aft. The crew is accommodated in a fourth en suite cabin opposite
the galley.
Specifications:
Length: 58 ft Beam: 16 ft Draft: 8.5 ft Displacement: 47,400 lbs
Sail Area: 1,790 sq ft Engine: 160 hp Yanmar Generator: 220v
Cruising Speed: 8 knots Fuel: 125 gal Water: 260 gal
Equipment:
Radar Navigation Instrumentation Autopilot Bow Thruster Water Maker
Air conditioning Stereo CD/Cassette System Television, Telephone Tender with
Outboard Fishing and Snorkeling Gear
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charter yacht sailing Turkey or Greece. Or you may be searching for a crewed charter yacht sailing
Turkey and Greece. If so, you have come to the right place. This Beneteau 57 is not H.M.S.
Pinafore, though she may be as entertaining. Neither is she Iolanthe the fairy princess,
though she may be as charming. She is a fast and comfortable crewed charter yacht sailing Turkey
and Greece. As for rain, it falls mainly in the plain of Spain and along the coast of Argyll, and
not upon Aegean islands of Greece and not upon the Turquoise Coast of Turkey. At least not often
during the sailing season. This Beneteau 57 does its sailing from April through October, skimming the
coast of Turkey between pine-encircled bays and clear-water coves, between white-sand beaches and
rustic villages. She also cruises azure sea lanes between sugar-cube encrusted Cyclades islands and
between pastel-hued Dodecanese islands. Doing both, this fast Bruce Farr-designed yacht sails the
crossroads of history, combining sun and exercise with archaeology and the story of four
millennia from Bronze Age to Plutocracy at the End of a Gun Barrel. W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan,
it might be noted, began their collaboration in 1871 with Thespis, a musical dealing with
Greek gods. Would you like to learn more about Greek gods? Well, some of them, those of interest to
sailors, are thumb-nailed at
Greek Gods To Know, a part of our sister site Aegean And Eastern Mediterranean Crewed
Yacht Charters. Notable by his absence there is Ares, the god of war and model for Donald
Rumsfeld. While Iolanthe was a fairy princess satirizing Britain's House of Lords, Cleopatra was a
larger-than-life princess whose realm encompassed the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean. Her Ptolemy
forebears ruled these waters from shortly after Alexander to the coming of the Romans. Principal
among Ptolemaic admirals was Artemidorus of Perge. Artemidorus of Perge is not to be confused with
Artemidorus of Ephesus, a geographer who charted the sea around Turkey and Greece about one hundred
years later. During the third century BC Artemidorus of Perge extended Egyptian rule beyond
Santorini, where a monument (next photo) to his achievements may be seen today at ancient Thira.
Cleopatra thus came quite naturally to these waters. Perhaps you might like to trace
Cleopatra's route, beginning at that same Perge just east of Antalya and continuing along the coasts
of ancient Lycia and Caria, rounding the southwest corner of Turkey. Or perhaps a sail along
Cleopatra's route among Greek Dodecanese islands. While you holiday. That's right, while you have a
family holiday aboard a crewed yacht sailing just as did Cleopatra on her galley honeymoon with Marc
Antony. Among other places visited, Cleopatra paused for weeks on the Dodecanese island of Kos. She
also paused at Cedrae about thirty miles east of Kos, there importing sand from Egypt for her
swimming pleasure. Would you not like to have a family holiday sailing Cleopatra's route! Enjoying
a similar swimming pleasure. Thereafter sailing north along the coast of ancient Ionia, a part of
western Turkey, to Kusadasi and Ephesus, thence to Samos in the Greek Sporades. Just as
did Cleopatra and Marc Antony. They paused for at least seven weeks in Samos. Some accounts make it
seven months. Would you like to discover what it was they found so interesting? Try our Beneteau 57.
She can take you to all of the stops along Cleopatra's route. Beyond Samos into the central Aegean,
to Mykonos and Paros, to Milos and Kithera, to Kephalonia in the Ionian and on to Levkas and Preveza.
It was at Preveza that Cleopatra's honeymoon came to an end. Preveza, you see, was then known as
Actium. Do all of this and more aboard a charter yacht with an experienced crew able to show you the
routes of Cleopatra and Artemidorus, a superb crewed Beneteau available for charter sailing in Turkey
and Greece. Contact Blue Cruise Yacht Charters today at
bcycharter@aol.com