ALWAYS SMILE is a Bozburun gulet of a little over thirty three metres, built in the Turkish tradition in 2010 and refitted in 2023, finished to a standard that goes well beyond the usual charter gulet. She carries twelve guests across five cabins with a crew of five, and she pairs the open air, unhurried life of a gulet with the space and the service of a far larger yacht. She is a yacht for warm days spent on deck and in the water, cruising the Turkish and Greek coasts at a gentle, easy pace.
Her outdoor spaces are what a gulet is all about, and here they run the length of the yacht. The aft deck opens to a long dining table under a shade where the whole group gathers for lunch and dinner with the sea alongside, the real social heart of the yacht. Forward of the deckhouse, a run of sun pads under a bimini gives a broad space to lie out in the sun, and a separate forward seating area offers a quieter corner away from the group. Shade and sun sit side by side at every turn, so there is always a place in the light and a place out of it whatever the hour.
She carries a traditional gulet rig and moves under canvas when the wind serves, settling to an easy motor when it does not, which is exactly the relaxed rhythm a gulet charter is built around. Her size gives her a steady, reassuring feel on the water, and her broad teak decks make moving about simple and safe, so the days flow between the deck, the shade and the sea without fuss.
Inside, the main salon is a warm, inviting room in dark timber, a world of its own when the group wants to come in out of the sun. It runs as one open space, a comfortable lounge with deep sofas at one end and a bar with a games table at the other, lit by wide windows that keep the coast in view. It is a calm, clubby interior for a quiet afternoon or an evening drink, while dining stays out in the open air on the aft deck where a gulet holiday belongs.
Accommodation sleeps twelve across five cabins, built around a full beam aft master with its own bathroom and the best light aboard. A pair of mirrored forward suites and a twin complete the layout, each finished in the same warm dark timber with its own bathroom, which makes her work for several families travelling together as readily as for a large group of friends. With twelve berths she is a genuine choice for a big party who want to travel together without anyone feeling squeezed.
A gulet like this rewards a cruising ground of short hops and clear water, dropping the hook off a quiet bay for a swim at lunch and moving a short way to a sheltered cove for the night. The crew of five handle the sailing, the cooking and the detail, so the days belong entirely to the guests, whether that means swimming off the stern, a long lunch on deck or simply watching the coast slide by from the foredeck.
She is at her best along the Turkish coast and across to the Greek islands, cruising the bays and harbours of the eastern Aegean at the gentle pace a gulet is built for. For a large family or a group of friends who want the open air life of a gulet with a refined, refitted finish and five proper cabins, ALWAYS SMILE is a relaxed and genuinely welcoming choice.
