In my circle of friends we are always talking about our sailing adventures. This includes past ones (we have been to the BVIs and St. Martin about ten times) and coming up with ideas for new trips. I think we were at an event sponsored by the St. Croix Sailing Cub in about 2007, and I was sharing our stories and actually said I had such a great crew I would go with them on a charter anyplace we could get a boat. At that moment, two of my friends looked at me and asked when I was taking our group to Greece.
For Americans, chartering in Europe is only a slightly longer flight than going to say the BVIs. The price of the boats is about the same, and so are the other expenses. But once you are over there, the number of opportunities for experiencing history and culture and a variety of food is huge. We have found the sailing is excellent at all of the Sunsail bases, but we like to focus more on the people and places we will see- we like quality shore leave and of course the exploration of new areas is on the top of our list.
We always talk to the Sunsail office about our trips- we share what we are thinking and they guide us on the exact base for the time of year and our requirements. We had a fabulous time following their advice in Vounaki, Greece, and soon made plans to go to Italy. We enjoyed the new base in Naples /Procida last year, and soon it was time to go back to Europe.
You can tell if your crew is ready to go again if you throw out an idea "back to the Greek islands" and your inbox fills up with replies "yes please- let me clear my calendar."
For Americans, chartering in Europe is only a slightly longer flight than going to say the BVIs. The price of the boats is about the same, and so are the other expenses. But once you are over there, the number of opportunities for experiencing history and culture and a variety of food is huge. We have found the sailing is excellent at all of the Sunsail bases, but we like to focus more on the people and places we will see- we like quality shore leave and of course the exploration of new areas is on the top of our list.
We always talk to the Sunsail office about our trips- we share what we are thinking and they guide us on the exact base for the time of year and our requirements. We had a fabulous time following their advice in Vounaki, Greece, and soon made plans to go to Italy. We enjoyed the new base in Naples /Procida last year, and soon it was time to go back to Europe.
You can tell if your crew is ready to go again if you throw out an idea "back to the Greek islands" and your inbox fills up with replies "yes please- let me clear my calendar."
"Sailing Athens with Sunsail" is a nice blog post! Thanks for the share...
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