Turkey

The climate of the Aegean coast of Turkey is quite diverse, but it is a typical Mediterranean climate, with hot summers and mild winters. The prevailing wind is Meltemi, which blows from the northwest, but tends to move west as it moves along the coastline to the east to the Mediterranean coast of Turkey.

The main feature of the sailing travel routes on a yacht in Turkey is that they all pass along the coastline. When traveling on a rented yacht, this leads to a repetition of the distance traveled, since the yacht is rented and given back usually in the same place. However, this feature should not be viewed negatively - on the Turkish coast there are comfortable and beautiful places suitable for night berths found literally every few miles and, even after going the same way twice, you can always stop in different places.

To rent a yacht in Turkey, it is necessary that at least one crew member has a skipper's licence, recognized by the Turkish authorities - RYA, IYT, ISSA certificate, or any national certificate with the relevant category open, yacht captain diploma, etc. In general, the Turks are quite loyal to the type of license of the yacht skipper and recognize the skipper yacht management certificates issued by almost any schools. Cases of requiring a license of the radio operator when renting a yacht haven't been met. If a charter company has doubts in the skipper’s qualifications, he may be asked to show his skills in a short sea trip, being accompanied by the skipper of the charter company. In the case of an unsatisfactory result, they usually propose either to hire a local skipper or to take a small training (of course, for extra money).