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Notes from the Mediterranean

Charter news and cruising guides from the coastlines we run — how a week is best paced, where the anchorages are worth the detour, and how chartering actually works once the vocabulary is out of the way.

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Itineraries

4 August 20266 min read

A week on the Amalfi Coast by yacht

The coast is barely fifty kilometres long. You could see all of it in a day, and almost nobody who knows it would. Why a good week here is planned around hours rather than miles.

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Itineraries

28 July 20263 min read

A week in the Balearics

Four islands with almost nothing in common, and crossings short enough to change the character of the holiday in an afternoon. Why the Balearics reward a yacht more than a hotel.

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Croatia by yacht: the Dalmatian island run

Itineraries

14 July 20263 min read

Croatia by yacht: the Dalmatian island run

More than a thousand islands, and rarely more than an hour between shelter. Why Croatia is the most forgiving cruising ground in the Mediterranean — and where it stops being easy.

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Itineraries

7 July 20265 min read

Sailing the Aeolian Islands

People describe the Aeolians as the Amalfi Coast with fewer people. It is an understandable comparison, and a misleading one — these are crossings, not hops, and that changes everything.

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Itineraries

30 June 20263 min read

The Turquoise Coast: a week from Göcek

Pine forest running into the water over sunken Lycian cities, and twelve sheltered bays within a morning of each other. The least developed serious cruising ground in the Mediterranean.

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The Ionian Islands: the gentlest week in Greece

Itineraries

16 June 20263 min read

The Ionian Islands: the gentlest week in Greece

Green islands, Venetian harbours and an afternoon breeze instead of a meltemi. Why the Ionian, not the Cyclades, is where most families should start.

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