caique

The Balun is a 24-meter, two-masted Turkish gulet, a kind of wooden sailboat also known as a caique (pronounced "kai-eek").

Slow Boat to Croatia 2009

A party of us embarked in a sort of light boat called a caique, than which no species of vessel, save the gondola, cuts more softly and noiselessly through the waters.

Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 John Auldjo

After a boat trip in a traditional "caique," an uphill walk will take excursionists to the crater of an active volcano.

TravelDailyNews.com 2009

Covert operatives would be infiltrated into Greece by planes and caique fishing boats.

Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

Covert operatives would be infiltrated into Greece by planes and caique fishing boats.

Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

"When I started the business six years ago, the Balun was the only caique in Croatia," says Piero Bertoldi, the 45-year-old owner and captain of the ship.

Slow Boat to Croatia 2009

(The Web sites www. cinqueterrecharter.com and www. croatia-yachting.hr are among several that list caique cruises in the region.)

Slow Boat to Croatia 2009

Typically for a caique, the Balun has a slow but powerful diesel engine that allows it a cruising speed of roughly seven nautical miles per hour, and rarely uses its heavy canvas sails.

Slow Boat to Croatia 2009

"A caique like the Balun is the camper of the seas," laughs Mr. Bertoldi.

Slow Boat to Croatia 2009

Were I you, I would sooner set off to the Hyeres islands in a caique, on the chance of being captured by an Algerian corsair and sold to the

Letters of Two Brides 2007