Our story

About us

Heritage Yachting arranges crewed yacht charters on Turkey’s southwest coast — the stretch between Bodrum and Fethiye known as the Blue Voyage.

An early voyage from the family album: the captain and guests on the deck of a wooden gulet
From the family album

A story generations in the making

Many generations ago, our great-grandfathers sailed these waters, trading between the islands along the coastline. In time, their work became the demanding craft of sponge diving, and for decades they made their living from the depths of the sea.

Then a new chapter began. When marine tourism reached the Turkish coast, our family was among the first to bring it here. What had once been survival at sea became something else: sharing it — its beauty, its stories, its freedom.

Every generation of our family has grown up with salt on its skin. Step aboard, and you’re not just booking a holiday. You are joining a story generations in the making.

I · Generations at sea

Island traders

Our great-grandfathers sailed between the islands of this coast, trading from harbour to harbour.

II · Generations at sea

Sponge divers

Their work became the demanding craft of sponge diving. For decades, the family lived from the depths of the sea.

III · Generations at sea

Among the first

When marine tourism reached the Turkish coast, our family was among the first to welcome guests aboard.

IV · Generations at sea

Today

A new generation, still with salt on its skin, sharing the sea’s beauty, its stories and its freedom.

What we do

We work with a fleet of six crewed yachts based in Bodrum: five traditional wooden gulets and one sailing yacht. We plan the route with you, match your group with the right yacht and look after the details before you board.

How we work

We would rather tell you honestly that a week is taken than sell you the wrong boat. Every enquiry is answered by a person who knows the yachts and the coast, not by an automated booking engine.

The Blue Voyage

In the 1950s, writers and friends of Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı — the “Fisherman of Halicarnassus” — began sailing this coast from Bodrum on simple wooden boats. Azra Erhat named those journeys the Blue Voyage in her 1962 book, and the gulet has been the way to see this coast ever since.

From the guest book

Letters left on board

More than 3,000 guests have sailed with us since our first day, and many left a few lines in our guest books before going ashore — thank-yous, drawings and promises to come back.

  • “Thanks so much for making this one of our most memorable vacations ever!!”

    Jay & Heather · July 2012

  • “Warmest thanks to you and your dedicated crew for an amazing holiday back on Cevri Hasan after 15 years.”

    Michael, Rhian, Arthur & Molly · August 2019

  • “We had a brilliant week. You were all lovely!”

    Isabella · August 2011

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