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Quantity & Quality
Greece and its islands
have always been the dream of many cruising yachtsmen,
and Greece still has the largest fleet of charter yachts
in Europe, despite the heavy competition from Croatia.
Yachting in Greece really needs to be divided into a
number of regions, each of which has its own character
and advantages. Starting from the North these regions
are:
• Corfu and the Ionian
• Athens & the Saronic Gulf
• Athens & The Cyclades
• Skiathos and the Northern Sporades
• Kos, Samos, and the Dodecanese
The first two offer excellent sailing with generally
moderate winds, ideal for a first charter holiday. There
are also a few power yachts for charter there, but not
at the other three because they are really too windy.
The Cyclades are what most people imagine as being "the
Greek Islands", and are decidedly windy with open seas,
and really best suited to those with considerable
sailing experience.
The islands that make up the Northern Sporades are also
windy but there is more shelter, and the area is more
off the beaten track than the rest of the sailing in
Greece.
The Dodecanese is also Meltemi country but is sheltered
as well. We have bases in Kos and Samos - the latter is
charming and wrongly neglected by charter customers.
One thing to bear in mind, is that as well as the
endless ferries zipping around everywhere, there are now
low-cost flights to almost everywhere from the new
Athens airport.
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