I’m not surprised Turkey would refuse to allow passage. The ship is a hazard to navigation.
So the boat is just too slow and would hold up traffic too long in that busiest of straits?
Oh please.
Have you ever seen what passes for a ship on the Bosporus?!
“Other” politics are at play here.
It would seem to me that a toy boat like the Argo could hug the shore and stay out of the shipping lanes. Would the wake of passing ships be a problem? Perhaps insurance carriers objected?