Göcek is often called the Turkish Caribbean, and the water here really does shift through every shade of blue. The reason is the seabed: fine pale sand and pine sediment reflect light back up, so your photos look edited even when they are not.

The Göcek islands are a dozen pine-clad specks scattered across Fethiye Bay, and most of them have no name on a tourist map. You do not visit them, you anchor beside them, swim off the transom and watch the sun drop behind the trees. That is the whole itinerary.

Ask any local skipper and he will tell you the real secret of Göcek is timing: the afternoon breeze arrives almost like clockwork, gives you a few hours of perfect sailing, then fades at sunset. Plan your hops around it and you look like a genius.

A monohull this size slips into the small bays the big boats cannot reach. Your morning coffee stays in the cup, your guests stay in a good mood, and your skipper gets to look like the calmest man on the Turquoise Coast.

Solar yachts are not a gimmick. Panels quietly recharge the batteries through the day, so the fridge, the lights and the electronics keep running at anchor without a generator. That means no diesel hum in your bay, no fumes at dinner and longer, lazier evenings in the places you came to see.