One common theory is that the design of the gulet comes from the schooner, which was used on the Aegean and Mediterranean shores. It is not 100% sure where schooners were themselves originally designed and built, but the earliest illustrations of schooners are from Amsterdam around 1600. However, it seems very likely that the word “gulet” comes from “gouëlette”, the French word for schooner. The Turkish gulets evolved over the centuries and although they were originally used for fishing and sponging along the Turkish coast, these boats found themselves reborn in the 1970s.
Wi-fi, or no wi-fi?
One of the most contentious issues is the fact that Go Sail Turkey gulets do not come as wi-fi as standard. Why’s that? Isn’t wi-fi an expected standard feature of accommodation these days?
A number of years ago, we experimented with wi-fi routers onboard and found that it caused more issues than it solved as we had several complaints per cruise regarding poor reception, bandwidth, dropout etc. Unfortunately, this was out of our hands as the boats often dock in secluded bays and cruise through areas with poor reception.
Due to the above issues with shared routers, we noticed that guests had better reception individually when they used their own roaming or purchased Turkish SIMs. So this is a good solution and stops us being blamed when reception is poor!
Digital De-tox
We also get hundreds of comments per year saying that guests loved the experience of having a “digital de-tox” and simply getting back to more of an organic trip experience. However, we understand that some people may not want that de-tox, or may need to be online frequently for work reasons. Therefore, we find the individual choice to go on roaming or use a Turkish SIM works perfectly!
