The tiller, the varnished teak, the bronze fitting, the 40-foot Beneteau, the 4 cabins, the charter from the Kos Marina (the €2,800 for the week in the June, the split the 4 ways, the €700 per person for the week of the sailing the Greek the islands), the 10am on the first the morning, the engine the cut at the 1 nautical the mile out, the mainsail the raised (the electric the winch, the essential the luxury), the genoa the unfurled, and the moment when the boat the heels the 15 degrees to the starboard and the tiller the comes the alive in the hand, the wind is the steady the force the 4 (the 11–16 knots, the Meltemi, the summer the wind that the builds through the afternoon and the dies at the sunset), the wake the spreads the white the V the behind, the destination is the Nisyros (the volcanic the island, the 3-hour the sail, and the the best the day of the holiday), and the realisation that the sailing the holiday in the Greece is the best way to the explore the Greek the islands. Here is your guide.

Sailing Holidays in Greece

• The essentials, the where, the when, and the how: The best the sailing the grounds in the Greece: The Saronic Gulf (from the Athens, the easiest the sailing, the beginner): the 7 days from the Alimos the Marina (the 30 minutes from the Athens the airport), the line-of-sight the navigation (the each the island is the visible from the next, the Aegina, the Poros, the Hydra, the Spetses, the Dokos, and the back), the gentle the winds (the force the 3–4, the 7–16 knots), the plenty of the tavernas on the quay, and the essential: the Saronic is the best for the first-time the Greek the sailing the holiday and the family the sailing. The charter: the €2,500–3,500 for the 40-foot for the week in the June. The Ionian (from the Corfu or the Lefkada, the most beautiful, the intermediate): the calm the mornings (the force the 2–3), the afternoon the sea the breezes (the force the 4–5), the green the islands (the Paxos, the Antipaxos, the Ithaca, the Kefalonia, the Zakynthos, the most beautiful sailing ground in the Mediterranean after the Dalmatian the coast), and the essential Ionian the route: the Lefkada to the Meganisi, the Kalamos, the Kastos, the Ithaca, the Kefalonia, and the return. The 7 days, the perfect the mix of the sailing and the swimming. The Cyclades (from the Paros, the advanced, the July–August only for the strong the crews): the Meltemi the blows the force the 5–7 (the 17–33 knots) through the Cyclades in the summer, the strong, the consistent, and the suitable only for the experienced the sailors. The reward: the most beautiful the islands in the Greece (the Mykonos, the Paros, the Naxos, the Santorini, the 4 islands in the 7 days is the possible for the experienced), and the best the sailing in the Greece for the the advanced. More Greece →
• The practicalities, the licence, the cost, and the daily the rhythm: The licence (the essential): the for the bareboat the charter (the without the skipper), the RYA the Day the Skipper or the ICC (the International the Certificate of the Competence) is the required for the Greek the charter. The essential: the RYA the Day the Skipper the course at the UK the sailing the school: the 5 days, the £600, and the essential the investment the year the before the Greek the sailing the holiday. The alternative: the flotilla, the 10 the boats the sail the together, the lead the boat has the the skipper and the engineer, and the flotilla is the no-the licence the required, the best for the beginner and the nervous the sailor. The €1,200–1,500 per the person for the week including the boat, the the activities, and the the social the programme. The companies: the Sunsail, the Neilson, the Sailing the Holidays. The daily the rhythm (the essential the Greek the sailing the day): the 8am: the coffee, the bread, the yoghurt, the honey, the fruit (the bought from the taverna the night the before), the 9am: the departure, the 3–4-hour the sail (the 15–20 the nautical the miles), the 12pm: the arrive at the next the island, the anchor in the bay, the swim (the 24°C the water, the 1 hour, and the best the swim of the day), the 1pm: the lunch on the board (the Greek the salad, the bread, the the olives, the the wine, the €15 for the 4 from the village the shop the at the last the stop), the 3pm: the sail the into the harbour for the the night, the 5pm: the taverna for the ouzo and the meze, the 8pm: the dinner on the quay (the €15–20 per the person for the fish and the wine), the 11pm: the sleep on the the boat under the Greek the stars.