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tallboy · 28-06-2009, 21:04

Thanks watchkeeper for your detailed advise.
I've worked many years in different continents and so I'm fully aware about what you were talking about mentality and I know the turks a little bit, too.
Gulets are beamy boats and that prevents their capability of being fast.
The Tirhandil with the canoe stern may be the best, but the classic gulet with the rounded stern should be closer than the ketch with the huge square butt.
A cruiser is more on safety than on speed. So that is an important issue and the boat should not fell apart when it gets uncomfortable.
So you can't get everything. Safety is no one but I'm still fascinated how roomy and cheap they are. And in comparison of a 39 footer for a quarter million........

28-06-2009, 21:04	#19
tallboy Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 30	Thanks watchkeeper for your detailed advise. I've worked many years in different continents and so I'm fully aware about what you were talking about mentality and I know the turks a little bit, too. Gulets are beamy boats and that prevents their capability of being fast. The Tirhandil with the canoe stern may be the best, but the classic gulet with the rounded stern should be closer than the ketch with the huge square butt. A cruiser is more on safety than on speed. So that is an important issue and the boat should not fell apart when it gets uncomfortable. So you can't get everything. Safety is no one but I'm still fascinated how roomy and cheap they are. And in comparison of a 39 footer for a quarter million........