Double Eagle is the modern side of the Bodrum sailing tradition: a 39.6-metre schooner that still carries a full rig and sails properly, but drops the dark timber of the classic gulet for a bright, contemporary interior. Built in 2005 and refitted in 2018 and again in 2023, she offers charter guests a genuine sailing yacht with the light, current feel of a much newer boat, at a weekly rate that stays well within reach.
Under sail she looks the part, a low athletic profile with two masts and a generous spread of white canvas. On deck she is built for the water. The foredeck carries a plunge pool set into the teak, ringed by broad sunpads, so the bow becomes a private lido at anchor. Aft, a full-beam deck offers a shaded dining area and, by evening, a lounge that comes alive under soft lighting, cushioned and open to the stars. Wide side decks and a flybridge give guests room to move and plenty of places to settle with the sea in view.
Inside is where she departs from the gulet template. The main saloon is finished in pale stone, soft greys and clean joinery, with pops of blue in the furniture and a bar to one side. Light floods in through large windows and a skylight, and the mood is calm, coastal and unmistakably modern. It is a bright, easy room to gather in, a clear contrast to the warm cabins below.
Accommodation runs to five cabins for up to twelve guests: a full-beam master, a mix of doubles and a twin, all finished in warm wood with crisp blue-and-white linens and their own en-suites. Several carry large screens and thoughtful touches that make her genuinely family-friendly, and the spread of doubles and twins suits parents and children or a group of friends sharing, with everyone given their own quarters below.
Her crew of six runs her with the easy hospitality Turkish charter yachts are known for, sailing her when the wind serves, tending the pool and the toys, and handling meals and logistics so guests decide little beyond where to swim next. A tender and a locker of water toys come along for the swimming and exploring, and meals are prepared aboard and built around the group, from a slow breakfast at anchor to dinner on the aft deck. Days settle into an unhurried rhythm of swimming, sailing between coves and long evenings on deck under the lights.
Her cruising grounds are the bays and islands of the Turkish coast and the nearby Greek islands, the sheltered anchorages around Bodrum and beyond where a shallow-draft sailing yacht reaches water a deeper hull cannot. Progress is unhurried at a cruising eleven knots, because the point of a week aboard Double Eagle is the anchorage and the swimming, not the passage. For families and groups who want a real sailing yacht with a modern interior, a foredeck pool and honest value, she is a sharp, contemporary way to take on a Turkish and Greek summer.
