Yacht Charter in Istanbul — Private Yacht Charter Istanbul
Private Bosphorus yacht charter across a six-vessel sailing fleet from EUR 200 — boutique decks for 10–14 guests, group yachts for 36, and event-class yachts at 44 and 150 guests. Whole-yacht pricing, captain and crew included, automatic 10% drop from 3 hours.
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Boutique Yacht · 12 Guests
Intimate private deck for couples and small groups
Capacity
0–12 guests
From · 2h
€220
Compact boutique-class private yacht for up to 12 guests. Built for proposals, anniversaries, and tight friend groups who want the Bosphorus to feel personal. From €220 for a 2-hour charter, with an automatic 10% discount from 3 hours onward.
Premium private yacht for up to 15 guests with a wider top deck and a more refined lounge than the boutique tier. Ideal for birthdays, family days, and small celebrations. From €320 for a 2-hour charter; 10% discount from 3 hours onward.
Group charter at the smaller-group rate (up to 15 guests)
Capacity
0–15 guests
From · 2h
€380
Group-class private yacht for up to 40 guests, priced at the smaller-group tier when the booking is for 15 guests or fewer. Suited to bachelor parties, birthdays, and small corporate gatherings. From €380 for a 2-hour charter; 10% discount from 3 hours onward.
Group charter at the larger-group rate (15–40 guests)
Capacity
15–40 guests
From · 2h
€500
Same 40-guest group-class yacht, priced at the larger-group tier when the booking is for 15 to 40 guests. Ideal for milestone celebrations, brand evenings, and mid-size corporate events. From €500 for a 2-hour charter; 10% discount from 3 hours onward.
Corporate evenings, weddings, and large private parties
Capacity
30–90 guests
From · 2h
€1200
Event-class yacht built for corporate evenings, product launches, wedding receptions, and large private parties up to 90 guests. Minimum booking is 4 hours at €1,200; the per-hour rate is €300 and a 10% discount kicks in from 5 hours onward.
Large-scale gatherings, gala dinners, and weddings
Capacity
80–150 guests
From · 2h
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Our largest event vessel, configured for large weddings, gala dinners, brand activations, and corporate-scale gatherings up to 150 guests. Booked by quote only.
Each booking holds the whole yacht — captain, crew, soft drinks, and a snack tray ride with the deck. Match it to your group size and the hours you want on the water; sailings of three hours or longer drop a flat ten percent automatically. Food, alcohol service, DJ, and event styling sit on a separate quote so the deck price stays clean.
Bosphorus yacht prices at a glance — EUR, per yacht
All six yachts, all duration tiers, in euros. Captain, crew, fuel, soft drinks, and snacks are baked into the deck price. The three-hour saving is automatic. Event-class decks are scoped per program and quoted separately.
Yacht tier
Up to
2h
3h
4h
5h
6h
7h
8h
Boutique Yacht · 12 Guests
0–12
€220
€297
€396
€495
€594
€693
€792
Premium Yacht · 15 Guests
0–15
€320
€432
€576
€720
€864
€1008
€1152
Group Yacht · 40 Guests · Standard
0–15
€380
€513
€684
€855
€1026
€1197
€1368
Group Yacht · 40 Guests · Signature
15–40
€500
€675
€900
€1125
€1350
€1575
€1800
Event Yacht · 90 Guests
30–90
On quote
On quote
€1200
€1350
€1620
€1890
€2160
Mega Event Yacht · 150 Guests
80–150
On quote
On quote
On quote
On quote
On quote
On quote
On quote
On every sailing
✓Whole-yacht booking — never per seat
✓Captain and crew, fully licensed
✓Fuel and standard Bosphorus route fees
✓Soft drinks and bottled water
✓Light snack tray for the deck
✓Onboard audio system with Bluetooth pairing
✓Life jackets and standard safety kit
Add to the brief
+Plated dinners and catering menus
+Wine, beer, spirits, full bar service
+DJ, live music, dance act
+Proposal styling, flowers, cake
+Photographer or videographer
+Marina meet-and-greet, hotel transfer, parking
These sit outside the deck price — send the brief on WhatsApp and a fixed proposal comes back.
Bosphorus Yacht Charter Pricing — From €200
Whole-yacht hire per minimum-charter window. Captain, crew, soft drinks and snacks included in every tier. Catering, alcohol, photographer and styling are on a separate quote.
MerrySails private yacht charter on the Bosphorus starts at €200 per yacht for a two-hour sailing. The fleet runs six yachts — small sailing yachts at 10 to 14 guests, mid-size group yachts at 36 guests, and event-built decks at 44 and 150 guests. Captain, crew, fuel, soft drinks, and snacks ride with the deck price; catering, alcohol, DJ, photographer, and proposal styling sit on a separate brief. Three hours or longer drops a flat ten percent automatically. Direct booking at merrysails.com, no commission.
Best fit
Private yacht charter in Istanbul for guests who want to choose the yacht first and shape the route, timing, and onboard setup around their own group.
Operator
MerrySails — operated by Merry Tourism, TURSAB A-Group licensed since 2001. Our 6-yacht fleet has hosted 50,000+ guests for shared and private Bosphorus charters, with zero safety incidents in 25 years of operations.
Price ladder
From €200 for a two-hour boutique sailing through to €1,070 for an eight-hour signature group sailing. Six yachts from 10 to 150 guests, priced per yacht, not per seat. Three hours and longer carries a flat ten percent saving.
Duration
Two-hour minimum, eight-hour ceiling. A flat ten percent comes off from three hours upward across every bookable tier.
Included on the deck
Whole-yacht booking, licensed captain and crew, fuel, soft drinks, light snacks, onboard audio, life jackets.
Outside the deck
Catering, full bar service, DJ or live music, proposal styling, photographer, marina pickup or hotel transfer — all priced on a separate brief.
Departure
Marina and boarding point confirmed after booking based on selected yacht tier. Kurucesme is the primary marina cluster.
Private yacht charter packages and yacht rental fit
This page fits guests who already know they want a private yacht and want to compare the six decks by group size and price first. This is the right owner page for yacht charter Istanbul, private yacht charter Istanbul, and Istanbul yacht rental intent. Use boat rental if you want to begin with vessel type and route, and use private dinner cruise if dinner is already the main planning brief rather than the deck itself. For shared seated dinner options with set menu and live music see our Istanbul Bosphorus dinner cruise page instead.
MerrySails Bosphorus private yacht charter fleet 2026 — five bookable vessels (Boutique 12, Premium 15, Group 40 Standard, Group 40 Signature, Event 90) with capacity, 2-hour entry price, 4-hour price, 8-hour day rate, and what is included onboard. Captain and crew included on every charter.
Captain & crew · event-class deck · catering & open bar by quote
Mega Event Yacht — 150 guests
80 to 150
By quote
By quote
By quote
Captain & crew · gala-class vessel · full event production by quote
Automatic 10% discount applied from 3 hours onward across the bookable fleet (Event Yacht discount kicks in from 5 hours). Catering, alcohol, DJ, photographer, and proposal styling are available as add-ons on every charter.
Visible price
From EUR 200
Entry deck is a 10-guest sailing yacht on a two-hour Bosphorus loop. The fleet steps up to mid-size group yachts and event-built decks; sailings of three hours or longer drop a flat ten percent. Catering, bar service, DJ, and event styling sit outside the deck price.
Private Bosphorus route
The charter follows custom route based on preference rather than a fixed shared departure.
Confirmed departure marina
Departure planning starts from bosphorus marina confirmed with yacht assignment, with the final boarding details shared after booking.
Two-hour minimum, three-hour saving
Every yacht starts on a two-hour deck. Sailings of three hours or longer drop a flat ten percent automatically across the bookable tiers.
Bosphorus yacht categories and price overview
The bookable fleet sorts into three categories by deck size. Use this overview to short-list the right tier before opening the full fleet section above.
From €200 / 2h
Small deck · 10 to 14 guests
Compact sailing yachts for couples, anniversaries, birthday afternoons, and tight friend trips. Two options sit in this tier.
From €200 / 2h
Mid-size group · 36 guests
Mid-size decks for medium gatherings — standard and a signature upgrade for milestone birthdays, brand evenings, and smaller corporate offsites.
On quote
Event class · 44 to 150 guests
Event-built decks for wedding receptions, gala dinners, full-program corporate evenings, and brand activations. Priced per program.
When private yacht charter in Istanbul is the better starting point
Six decks, one private sailing
The fleet spans 10 to 150 guests — small sailing yachts for couples, mid-size decks for friend or family groups, event-built yachts for weddings and brand evenings.
Whole-yacht pricing in EUR
Each booking holds the entire yacht. Soft drinks, snacks, captain, crew, and fuel are included in the deck price. Flat 10% off from three hours upward.
Brief-led extras
Catering, alcohol, DJ, live music, photographer, proposal styling, and hotel transfer are on a separate quote — deck price stays clean, program stays flexible.
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How much does a private yacht charter in Istanbul cost in 2026?
The honest answer from running this fleet ourselves: the deck price is the floor, not the total. A two-hour Bosphorus charter on our smallest boutique yacht starts at €280 per yacht (not per person) with captain, crew, fuel, soft drinks and snacks already included. From there the number moves on three levers — duration, group size and catering. Three hours or more drops a flat 10% off the deck rate automatically; the 36-guest group deck and the 150-guest event yacht carry higher base rates because they run a larger crew. The extras that surprise first-time charterers are always the same: hot-food catering, alcohol, a DJ or live act, and proposal styling. We quote those line by line rather than folding them into a single inflated headline price, so a couple booking a sunset proposal and a company booking a 40-guest reception start from the same transparent deck figure.
The most expensive mistake we watch guests make is sizing up "to be safe". A 12-guest party on the 40-guest deck pays for a vessel and crew they never fill. Across 50,000+ guests since 2001, the bookings that land on budget are the ones that match deck size to the real head count and then add hours — not capacity. As a TÜRSAB A-Group licensed operator (#14316), every charter is fully insured and the price you confirm at merrysails.com is the price you pay, with no agency commission layered on top.
Yacht charter planning — operator-side guides
Written for couples, groups, and event organisers comparing private yacht options on the Bosphorus.
Collected directly via WhatsApp and email follow-up after the cruise. First name + country + date are real; full names kept private for guest comfort.
“Booked the Essential yacht for a marriage proposal. The crew kept the secret perfectly, the photographer captured everything, and the sunset timing was flawless. She said yes. Forever grateful.”
🇺🇸Daniel·cruised 25 May 2026
“Honeymoon yacht charter — the cake with our wedding date, the violinist on boarding, the dinner timed to golden hour. Best evening of the entire Türkiye trip. Worth more than what we paid.”
🇦🇺Hannah·cruised 20 May 2026
“Corporate event for 25 people. The VIP yacht had everything we needed — DJ setup, food service to spec, microphone for our team toasts. Operations team replied to every adjustment within minutes.”
🇪🇬Karim·cruised 16 May 2026
“Our family of 12 chartered the Premium yacht for grandma's 70th birthday. Custom menu, cake with her name, route past her favorite Ortaköy. She cried (good cried). Crew handled three generations with grace.”