Another Gaff-Rigged Schooner Charter Cruising In Greece And Turkey A Luxury Ketch Charter Cruising In Greece And Turkey Return to Motor-Sailer Summary This page last updated on 12/29/2009 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 charter cruising in Turkey and Greece may be obtained by clicking on the blue links immediately above. Thank You. You must be searching for charters cruising Turkey. Or for charters cruising Greece. You are perhaps searching for a charter yacht cruising the Turquoise Coast of Turkey. You may be dreaming of a Blue Cruise bouncing back and forth between Turkey and Greece. That is, you may wish to charter a yacht cruising Turkey's Aegean coast and among Dodecanese Islands of Greece. Or you may wish to charter a crewed sailing yacht to cruise the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Do you already plan to holiday in Greece or Turkey? With your family? Or with a group of friends or business associates? Would you like to holiday aboard a gaff-rigged schooner chartered in Turkey or Greece? One perhaps cruising the Aegean from Bodrum. Or from Gocek. Are you searching for Gocek in Turkey? For Marmaris in Turkey? For Rhodes or Kos in Greece? Well, come aboard Margarita, a gaff-rigged charter sailing yacht offering unforgettable holidays. Come aboard a crewed charter gulet with an experienced crew able to show you the Dodecanese islands of Greece or the route of George of Antioch up the Turkish coast to Constantinople. A proper crewed yacht available for charter in Greece and Turkey. George of Antioch was a Greek from what is now Turkey who in about 1135 entered the service of King Roger of Sicily. King Roger was a Norman from what is now France, also known as Roger of York (in Britain), who ruled an island now a part of Italy the citizens of which were then primarily Arab. Confused? Don't be. It was a form of medieval globalization, that is, an exercise in the extension of power. Antioch itself was founded by and named for a Macedonian king of Syria. More than a thousand years later it became a Latin crusader principality, which may have been the reason George took his leave. In the event, George of Antioch was King Roger's Amir-al-Bahr or Emir of the Sea, an Arabic title source of the English word "Admiral." So George of Antioch may have been the first admiral, and as admiral he sought to extend King Roger's sway to all of Byzantium. He failed, but in 1147 he brought Roger's navy into the Aegean and raided Byzantine outposts in what is now eastern Greece, including Athens itself. One year later he reached the Bosphorus with a fleet of forty ships, burned a number of seaside villas, and launched a barrage of harmless arrows at the Emperor's palace before withdrawing unpunished. So much for a window on medieval history. Come sail aboard Margarita for a trip through more of ancient, medieval, and Ottoman history, not to mention through unrecorded dark ages of pirates without titles. George, by the way, also dedicated the Church of St. Mary's of the Admiral in Palermo, still standing, then Greek Orthodox, now Roman Catholic. Come aboard a crewed charter yacht with an experienced crew able to show you George's route up the Turkish coast, through the Greek Dodecanese and Eastern Sporades. A proper charter yacht cruising Greece and Turkey. Contact Blue Cruise Yacht Charters today at bcycharter@aol.com |
