Greece Yacht Sailing Holiday / 1 Week Trip
From Athens sailing the Cyclades, Saronic & Argolic Gulfs
Trip Dates:
10-17 May 2025 – Full
Yacht: Cyclades 50.5
PRICES From:
£2190 Double cabin (2 Person price)
£1695 Double cabin for sole use (Single Occupancy)
£1095pp Shared bunk bed cabin (Possible)
£1195 Skippers Cabin for sole use (Single Occupancy bijou and compact with own toilet) Available
(NB Single Occupancy: We have 2 available on this trip)
What To Expect Greece sailing in May for a great fun time holiday in good company with warm winds and great sea swimming temperatures. This is a fantastic opportunity to have a bit of early sunshine in the Med, top up the tan along with learning new skills, develop your existing knowledge on larger boats. You will add approximately 150 – 180 Nm to your logbook.
Fun, Learning & Social The emphasis is on fun and learning with formal ‘teach in’ sessions every morning generally followed by a mornings voyage to a sheltered bay for a lunch-time stop for a bite to eat in the cockpit and a leisurely swim. You will sail to a host of different Greek Islands and lovely ports with a ready made social scene aboard this luxurious, large modern cruiser! Food / eating out is outdoors and very reasonable! Sun-downers and nibbles are had in the cockpit on board or watching the world go by from the local Taverna just meters from the waters edge.
From We start from Alimos (Kalimaki) Marina which is located southwest of Athens, 15 km from the city center. It just history everywhere. If you have the opportunity it is definitely worth while coming out a couple of days early to look around.
Getting to Marina The cheapest way to the marina is definitely the X96 Bus, at just 5.50 Euro/person. It takes about 45 minutes and a 5 minute walk into the marina to the boats. The Metro takes 1hr and costs about 12 euro. If you want to take a taxi it costs around 50 Euro for the car so depending on the number of people it can work out reasonable and takes around 50 minutes but we did get it for 30 euros one time. In May virtually everyone took the bus. It is cheap and cheerful and we have full instructions as to where to get tickets / board the bus etc. It runs throughout the night about every 30 – 40 minutes and more frequent during the day and mostly is used by the airport staff.
The Sailing Area is well known to the Yachtforce Skippers. We used to charter ‘mini flotillas’ of several yachts cruising these delightful waters and have also done a delivery or two! The fantastic Islands provide a wealth of history and interest with numerous small bays and coves to anchor up and swim. With a large yacht we are able to the cover miles effortlessly and cruising over into the Argolic Gulf is quiet and relaxed. On the way we may stop at Poros or Epidavros, the car free Island of Hydra with its donkey carts for transport or a bay around the corner from Porto Heli. It is well worth the slightly longer day to get to the Argolic Gulf and we may get as far as the historical walled city of Monemvasia or the ports of Leonidio and Kiparissi.
Previous Itineraries
September 2022, in 1 week we visited Hydra, Tyros, Astrous, Spetses, Porto Heli, and Poros.
In May 2023 we visited a couple of the islands in the Cyclades to experience some stronger wind sailing with 3 reefs being the order of the day, stopping at Kithnos, Kea, and Cap Sounion, before sailing West to Poros and onto Korfos in slightly calmer conditions giving better opportunities for swimming. It can be very strong wind in the Cyclades whilst calmer in the Saronic Gulf – that is the fantastic versatility of the area.
In October 2023 we went west over the Argolic Gulf to the Peloponnese make best use of the breeze which developed into F3 – F5 in the afternoons. We visited Poros, Ermioni Town, Tyros, Dokos, Ermioni anchorage, Poros, Agistri seeing dolphins every day with the most fantastic interaction 30 minutes from leaving Athens marina! We also had the most amazing snorkeling in water that was unbelievably clear and a very balmy 24’C with turtle experiences and octopus!
‘Buy A Berth’ Accommodation: Take a cabin or berth aboard our fantastic large yacht with Skipper. They have 5/6 cabins, (4 double cabins, a ‘bunk bed’ cabin and sometimes an additional ‘Skippers cabin’ accessed through the fore-hatch with 4 toilets / 5 showers) and give great space aboard for fast comfortable cruising in warm sunny climes. These are cracking boats and if you haven’t sailed a big boat before you’ll be amazed at the space – the deck height head clearance and big cabins. We normally have 6 or 7 clients on a 50 foot yacht so there is plenty of space.
if you elect to cabin share, a bunk in the bunk bed cabin is available. We have had mixed share of the bunk bed cabin previously.
Excellent Tuition is available all week in a relaxed style, practise your passage planning and a bit of navigation, act as ‘skipper on-board’ the boat but under guidance – or just kick back and join in the sailing elements when you want to. We take any experience level on this trip and we try to keep the saloon areas clear using just the cabins so that there is plenty of space aboard.
We all chip into the running of the boat and you can be as actively involved as you want. You may be asked to shop locally and ‘forage’ for fresh lunch provisions – see photo!
First Day would be a shake down sail with of about 30 Nm so nice easy relaxed stages and nothing too fraught so don’t be put off by the thought of constant long passages. We make sure that we have time to relax each day so there is plenty of time to relax and swim etc. and we try to stop every day for lunch and a chance for people to have a quick dip in the fantastic water. We tend to anchor in a secluded bay and take a long line ashore. Lunch is prepared whilst the team takes to the water! The water is fantastically clear.
We have a great lunch and then carry on sailing for another couple of hours sailing to our destination. It may be anchoring in a secluded bay, mooring at a restaurant or backing up to the local quay.
It is fantastic scenery and great fun sailing in good company.
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Swim stop off Korfos Price Includes:
Large 51 ft Modern 5 Cabin Yacht
‘Skippers’ Cabin with own toilet
4 Heads / 4 Showers
Dinghy / Outboard
Professional Skipper
1st Mate
Instruction
7 Days Aboard
Accommodation
Bedding / Duvet & Pillow / Towels
Breakfasts
Water 24’C in October and Unbelievable Clarity! Lunches / Snacks / Drinks
Sun-downers
Gas
Life Jacket
Not Included: Flights. Transfer to marina. meals / drinks ashore. 200 euro ‘Boat kitty aboard’ which includes fuel used, fresh water (we buy it from bowsers), port & mooring fees, towels, bedding, end of charter clean down – plus cleaning materials, drinks mixers, breakfasts, lunches, some beers and G&T’s and the large pre-week shop by Skipper / Mate where we disappear off to the cheaper supermarket by taxi.
To Book: To secure your place please pay a deposit of £500 per person with the balance due 10 weeks prior to departure. (do not book a flight until the office has instructed you to do so)
We advise people to take out relevant personal insurance for their specific event at the time of booking (including cancellation or curtailment – and for any health / personal accident / ‘Covid cover’ as required)
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To Book: Email us now on info@yachtforce.co.uk
