Gulet is a word who doesn't actually exist in the English language, especially in the United States. "Gullet" is worse, it is explained as to be the Turkish equivalent of the French's goelette. "Goelette" is the French word for schooner, a type of vessel I will describe here in a future post. Anyway, this sort of boat got its place in the world's editing encyclopedia, the Wikipedia. [source: goolets.net] Turkish Gulet Now, almost every ship you are invited to charter in Turkey, in … [Read more...]
Some Turkish Brokers – A Story from the Mediterranean Sea
It is hard to trust brokers in Turkey. I only met a good guy once, in Istanbul, who managed together with his son a small yacht repairing yard, and the money came from that aspect of his business. He also had a small office rented in a Marina, the place where I actually met him. Because of the yard, he wasn’t busy to cheating others, like my partner was at the time. I’m also sure he is not the last honest yacht broker in Turkey. Before meeting me, my partner used to steal information and pics … [Read more...]
The Broker Who Went broke
Looking through some important yachting sites, related to brokerage, brokers, companies and almost everything related to yachts in general, I discovered with great sadness that the company of which co-founder I was, disappeared altogether from the market. It was expected, only I wouldn't ever thought it was going to happen so soon. A few months ago, still, the remaining guys were paying top dollar advertising around, thing I haven't advised at the time I was still in charge. It was hard to … [Read more...]