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Sailing holidays
BAREBOAT CHARTER.
Sailors who want to skipper their own yacht
Selling holidays
need to have a RYA Day Skipper qualification.
Popular areas in Greece include the Cyclades,
Sporades, Athens and Corfu, where islands
such as Aegina, Poros, Parga and Paxos are a
short sail away.
is just a breeze
Cyprus is looking to attract high-spending
yachties with a new marina development in
Limassol. RYA-approved sailing schools offer-
ing shore and sea-based courses are based at
Clients don’t need to know their sheets from their cleats
marinas in Larnaca and Limassol.
Bareboat charters can be booked through
to enjoy a sailing holiday in Cyprus, Greece or Turkey. Sailing Holidays, Sunvil, Sunsail and
Kathryn Liston investigates the options
Olympic Holidays.
Sample package: Seven nights on a Bavaria 37
Cruiser in August costs £320 per person based
FLOTILLA. berth boat. Prices, which start at £925, on six people sharing. Flights not included.
A flotilla holiday is a good introduction for include the services of a qualified skipper, ■ sailingholidays.com
novices and sailors without qualifications. breakfast and lunch. A typical eight-day
Yachts sail a set course, meeting up each itinerary visits Meganisi, Ithaca, Kefalonia
evening at ports to exchange experiences and Scorpios. SKIPPERED CHARTERS.
and socialise. Help is always on hand from “This new island-hopping holiday is a Sailing Holidays, Sunvil and Sunsail all offer
the lead yacht. superb choice for couples, groups or friends skippered holidays. This lazy man’s activity
Tim Anderson, bareboat manager at Sailing or families,” says Olympic Holidays’ holiday is ideal for people who want to dip
Holidays which has a fleet of 150 yachts, commercial director Photis Lambrianides. in and out of sailing the yacht.
says flotillas are popular because people do Sample package: A seven-night flotilla holiday “People can muck in as little or as much as
not need qualifications. Complete beginners in Kefalonia or Lefkas costs from £495 in May they want and still get enjoyment from it,”
can hire a skipper for £50 a day to teach including flights, transfers, yacht and fuel. says Tim Anderson at Sailing Holidays. “It
them the ropes while sailing. ■ sailingholidays.com costs around £950 a week to have a skipper
“Ports are only a few hours apart so it’s like onboard, which is not a lot when it is split
sailing in an oversize swimming pool,” says SHIP AND SHORE. between 10 people.”
Anderson. “The Ionian islands are the easiest One week learning to sail combined with a One advantage of having a skipper is that
sailing area in the Mediterranean. The weather week in a villa or apartment is Sunvil Sailing’s he or she will know the best places to sail,
is ideal and assistance is always on hand. most popular package in Greece. Beginners moor and swim.
“We introduce hundreds of people to sail- are taught to sail while cruising with the flotilla. Sample package: Seven nights on a Bavaria 37
ing every year. They come from all walks of Accommodation for the second week is avail- Cruiser in August costs £475 per person based
life but they are all people who don’t want able in Parga, Sivota, Lefkas and Meganissi. on six people sharing. Flights not included.
to sit on a beach.” Two-day living ashore packages are avail- ■ sailingholidays.com
Neilson’s Stay and Sail holidays include able on Lefkas for clients who don’t want to
one week’s tuition and a week’s flotilla. A stay on board. DINGHY SAILING.
one-week option includes Alan Gauci, manager at Sport-inclusive resorts are a great way for
four days’ tuition and Sunvil Sailing, says the clients to indulge their passion for dinghy
two days’ flotilla. packages are especially sailing without blowing the budget.
This year the company popular with families. Group tuition by RYA-accredited instruc-
has expanded the fleet at Sunsail, part of Tui Travel, tors and the use of dinghies is included in
its centres in Sivota, offers 14-night ship and the package price. All levels of experience
Halkidiki and Porto shore packages at Club are catered for.
Heli in Greece. Flotilla Vounaki, Greece, from Mark Warner
holidays include damage £909. has three RYA
waiver, security deposit, Sample package: A 14- accredited sail-
marine insurance, night Learn to Sail and
mileage, fuel and water. hotel package on Lefkas
Olympic Holidays has costs from £850 including
introduced flotilla holi- flights, transfers, instruc-
days on Lefkadas this tion, cabin and bed and
summer. Clients can breakfast accommodation
book a cabin on a shared at the Armonia Hotel, Nidri.
yacht or the entire six- ■ sunvil.co.uk
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