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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 Aegean islands of Greece. Or you may wish to charter a crewed sailing yacht to cruise the
Mediterranean coast of Turkey. You |
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wish to charter a schooner. Incredibly, you may even wish to charter a gaff-rigged schooner.
Incredibly, because few know the difference between a gaff-rigged schooner and a fore-and-aft rigged
schooner. Well, take a look at the first photo on this page. That's Margarita in the foreground, a
gaff-rigged schooner with booms both at the top and foot of four-sided sails. In the background there
is a fore-and-aft rigged ketch, a ketch and not a schooner because the taller mast is forward rather
than aft of the shorter mast, with booms only at the foot of triangular sails. So that's the
difference. Now which captures your imagination? It has to be the gaff rigged schooner because she
has a touch of traditional class absent on the ketch. So, 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 Kos or Rhodes in Greece? Well, come
aboard Margarita, a gaff-rigged charter sailing yacht offering unforgettable holidays. Come aboard a
traditional charter yacht with an experienced crew able to show you Aegean islands of Greece or the
route of George of Antioch up Turkey's Aegean 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. Within
two hundred years it was the largest city in the Middle East, larger even than Egypt's Alexandria, and
for most of the first millennium was a Byzantine trading port on the Spice Road. During the 11th century
Antioch became a Latin crusader principality, which may have been the reason Orthodox George took his
leave. Today Antioch is a Turkish city known as Antakya. 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 Aegean 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 at the crossroads of
history, not to mention through unrecorded dark ages of pirates and corsairs and privateers without titles.
George, by the way, later 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