Flotilla

About sailing in our flotilla

Our flotilla is for self sufficient crews. We do not offer cabin charter, nor pre-arranged skippered charter. This is not a commercial activity on our side. You simply join with your own crew, and the boat being private or charterred. The sole purpose is sharing experience and having fun together. There is no obligation to stick together all the time. For participants with no or little experience, a professional skipper should be employed. Flotilla consists of limited number of boats, for simplicity, we do not plan to occupy the whole port.

Kavala Marina
Why sailing with the flotilla

If your crew is already experienced, but want a company from time to time, you can sail with the fleet, but also make independent trips and rejoin the fleet at some point later. Less experienced have a unique opportunity to sail on their own, but still near the group leader and other crews. Advice, discussions, help if needed, a refresher lesson. We started this practice when our own kids were young, and in need of a company other than parents and maybe someone else aboard. It turned out that every generataion enjoyed spending evenings together at anchor, shearing ship stories from the last leg of the trip, or recepies, or mishaps, or jokes... and in the meantime, our 'kids' became young sailors.

In the kitchen
Organizational details

Participating boats must be self-sufficient, crewed by a skipper and at least one able sailor. Our trips consists of island hoping, i.e 20 miles a day, but always a couple 50 to 70 miles legs, that is a whole day under the sails. Nobody is taking any obligation in helping you sail the boat. Naturally, if need be we help each other, but this not a Sunsail type flotilla. Crews charter and sign contracts on their own. We can only advise and help you finding the right boat (as we do it for ourselves anyway). Different crews may want to cruise at different pace, more sailing, more snorkeling or more sightseeing... Everyone is welcome to leave and rejoin the fleet at will. Boat booking should be made early spring, do not wait for summer time.

Meeting
Route

Plans in the making.

Our role

We are the initiators of this little venture, and will do the following:
- Register all participants, serve as a single point of contact;
- Help introduce incomplete crews with each other, if needed to make up a whole crew;
- Share our experience, we sailed throughout Greece in the past;
- Help crews charter the right boats;
- Our instructor may provide free refresher lessons (docking, anchoring,...);
- During the flotilla we will coordinate the activities, enjoyng our 'fleet commodore' role.

Role
Signing up

Contact us by phone or mail. We need to know the following:
- How big your group is, and if your crew is complete.
- Sailing experience. Other water sports also count.

Role
Flotillas and earlier

2025: Kavala - Lemnos - Chios - Samos - Cyclades -Psara - Lesvos - Kavala.
2023: Malta - Peloponisos - Kavala.
2021: Athens - Aegina - Sunio - Kitnos - Antiparos - Little Cyclades - Paros - Siros - Kea - Athens.
2019: Athens - Aegina - Hydra - Monemvasia - Ieraka - Kyparissi - Leonidio - Capo Korakas - Spetses - Ag. Nikolaos, Hydra - Poros - Agkistri - Athens.
2018: Lavrio - Sunion - Kithnos - Serifos - Antiparos - Schoinoussa - Amorgos - Koufonisi - Paros - Siros - Kithnos - Fokaia - Lavrio.
2017: Athens - Sunion - Kithnos - Paros - Rinia / Mikonos - Siros / Tinos - Kithnos - Idra - Spetses - Porto Cheli - Poros - Agistri - Athens.
2016: Athens - O. Anavissou - Kithnos / Marika - Dokos - Spetses - Idra - Poros - Egina - Athens.
2015: Chalcis - Lavrio - Kithnos - Sifnos - Folegandros - Poliegos - Milos - Sifnos - Serifos - Kithnos - Kea - Petalioi - Bufalo - Chalcis.
2014: Kavala - Thasos - Aliki - Limnos/O. Pavlou - around Lesvos - Mithymna - Tsonia - O. Makris Vialos - Mitilini - Mersinia - O. Apotheki - Sigri - Ag. Efstratios - Limnos/Myrina - Sitonia/Porto Koufo.
2013: Kavala - Thasos/Kalirakis - Aliki - Limnos/Myrina - Kira Panagia - Alonisos/Patitiri - O. Milia - Skopelos - Ak. Agnotas - Glosa - Lalaria - Skiathos - Tsougria - Skopelos - Skantzura - Peristera - Kira Panagia - Porto Koufo.
2012: Kavala - Thasos/Paradiso - Samothraki - Limnos/Myrina - Sitonia/Kalamitsi - Porto Koufo - Sikias - Kira Panagia - Patitiri - Skiros/O. Fokas - Skiros/O. Pefko - Peristera - Skopelos - Glosa - Skiathos - Tsoungira - O. Panormos - Patitiri - Kira Panagia - Porto Koufo.
2011: Kavala - Thasos - Aliki - Limnos - Ag. Efstratios - Peristera - Koukounaries - Platania - Skiathos - O. Panormos - Patitiri - Kira Panagia - Skopelos - Skiathos - Agnodas - Skantzoura - Patitiri - O. Milia - Skopelos - Koukounaries - Platania.
2009, 08, 07: Ionina Sea: Corfu, Lefkada, Meganisi, Kalamos, Ithaki, Kefalonia, Zakynthos.

Earlier Flotillas