Who are the members of the “three generations of charter yacht owner/skippers” whose treasure-trove of first-hand experience will make your holiday on the water care-free and thoroughly enjoyable?

The person who will welcome you aboard M/S Paluko and who will skipper the yacht on your cruise is Murat Esim, a young captain with a wealth of experience commensurate with the family’s fine nautical traditions, as well as a university degree in Business Administration which he studied in English. He is the grandson of the celebrated seafarer Paluko, for whom M/S Paluko is named and whose name is forever identified with the origins of the ‘Blue Voyage’, the leisurely exploration of the Turquoise Coast described in more detail elsewhere on this website.

The Paluko story is a fascinating one, just the type of tale waiting to be told when at anchor on one of those balmy, star-studded nights of your cruise. Not wishing to deny you the pleasure of hearing the details under such enchanting circumstances we will acquaint you with only the outline of Paluko’s past if you click here, leaving the rest to be related by your captain Murat, Paluko’s grandson.

Captain Murat began his initiation into the ranks of the select society of seafarers as a humble 15-year-old deck hand aboard M/S Kalyon, a boat in which his father held part ownership. Starting with learning all of the menial tasks necessary to keep the boat shipshape and the passengers happy, the young mariner was also taught the fine arts of seamanship and acquired the hoard of information known as ‘local knowledge’, indispensable to a good skipper. In 1989 he transferred to M/S Guletta, a new yacht commissioned by his father, and while serving aboard this vessel he qualified as captain.
On your cruise you will also most likely meet the middle member of the “three generations”, Paluko’s son and captain Murat’s father, Mazlum Esim. He is also a qualified captain with much experience, but he has turned the yacht’s command over to his son while he practices his other vocation, namely cooking. You will thoroughly enjoy the delicious dishes that he prepares from the freshest ingredients that he chooses himself. Captain Mazlum’s story is a tale of struggle that parallels the metamorphosis of Bodrum from a small, poor village to a bustling tourist resort – perhaps you can prevail upon him to relate it with assistance in translation by his son.

M/S Paluko is a happy ship with a happy crew that does everything to make the passengers happy too. What more can one ask?