I've never really thought of judging the quality of boat trips in terms of number of stops. In fact, now having seen this topic and been given the opportunity to think about it, I couldn't care how many stops there are. In fact, I find the parts of the day when the boats move a pain as it's too noisy to talk. The long jaunt, from leaving Fethiye to the first stop is far too noisy and goes on far too long

The movey bit I do like is the one before the one when you are heading back, the late afternoon one. This is because by this time the biting flies have normally joined the party and we need to outrun those ba$tards.
Thank you