BVI Adventure - brand new for 2013

For the past 20 or so years Poseidon Charters has been sailing each summer in Greece. We love Greece, the people, the sailing and the gastronomy. 8 years ago we started to explore Croatia and now can't get enough of the wonderful Adriatic coastline and all that it has to offer. In recent years we've been receiving more and more requests for the British Virgin Island and this year we have bit the bullet and decided to offer our great concept of a combined cabin charter and flotilla in the British Virgin Islands. We have 4 confirmed departure dates starting on 14 December 2013. Until 31 January 2013 we've got a special offer of $1499 per person for a double cabin ($1699 thereafter). You'll get breakfast and lunch included in the price and be able to sail or sit back and relax. For the more adventurous you can join us on flotilla - we've got some great yachts in the fleet so don't leave it too late to reserve your yacht. We're really excited about BVI and hope that you can join us on our new Poseidon BVI adventure.

Stunning new yachts available for charter

There's nothing more exciting than the allure of sailing a new yacht. The brand new range of Beneteau yachts may be out of budget range for most of us to buy but why not charter one of these fantastic new yachts in Greece or Croatia in 2013. Take a look at your next dream charter yacht...Beneteau 50 Beneteau Oceanis 45 Beneteau Oceanis 48 Beneteau Oceanis 58 Beneteau Sense 50

The last sail of 2012

For the first time this year, the rain joined us as we left Athens for the final flotilla of the year. Naias and Kalliopi joined Margarita for this all-Canadian departure and in true Greek weather style, the rain only stayed with us for one day until the beautiful September sun came back. In Hydra, Tony from Kalliopi and Brian from Margarita thrilled us all with their excellent musical talents playing the restaurant’s guitar. Tony we thoroughly enjoyed the Beatles medley, thank you for providing such ‘on the spot’ entertainment. Leaving Hydra, the meltemi winds were kind to us and allowed us to have an overnight anchorage on the south western tip of Milos and a fantastic BBQ of lamb, chicken and pork under the stars. Ios and Paros followed where we said goodbye to the crew of Kalliopi at wonderful Apollon restaurant. Heading back to Athens, Friday turned out to be the best sailing day of the flotilla and Naias and Margarita enjoyed hour after hour of wonderful winds taking us into Alimos marina for a spectacular sunset arrival to end the 2012 Mediterranean season.

A well-earned break in England

It’s been a hot, windy (and not so windy) fun start to the season and this year we decided to head to the UK for the summer break. With family and friends in England, it was a great opportunity to catch up with everyone and also to meet with our website partners Webfuel from Nottingham. We’re really pleased that this year we have greeted many more British sailors who wanted to experience a more challenging flotilla into the Cyclades and a ‘see it all’ flotilla in Croatia. We hope to be back in the UK at one of the boat or travel shows soon and we look forward to sailing with many more British sailors in 2013! For now we hope that you enjoy looking through the 2012 pictures that we’ve uploaded onto the Poseidon Charters facebook page. We’d love to see more of your pictures if you’ve travelled with us this summer. We’ll be back with more Aegean Adventure stories from 15 September.

Back to Greece for a week

Bidding a sad farewell to Croatia for another year the Poseidon crew headed back to Greece for a late booking and an additional departure for us. In Athens we greeted two families from the UK and the States. With us aboard Margarita, was Granddad Len who was treating his teenage grandchildren to a holiday of a lifetime sailing the Greek isles. Aboard Polykandros from London UK were Mum and Dad Thompson and their teenage children and friends. After spending a night in Poros, we arrived to the harbour fun of Hydra, circling like vulchers for a good 2 hours to get a secure spot for Margarita and Polykandros! Med mooring and rafting is really unique in small Hydra and Polykandros was joined by lines from 10 other yachts by sunset. That evening the flotilla enjoyed a great happy hour (or two) over a few glasses of Pimms prepared by the UK gang and a wonderful dinner at Kristina and Manolas taverna. We spent two nights in Hydra then the flotilla headed to Kithnos and Kea before returning to Athens. It was a fun but all too brief sail - one-week flotillas fly by quickly so we really hope to see both of our families from England and the States back for a longer trip to Greece or Croatia next time!

Lots of wind, rain and sunshine

Since the start of the season in Croatia the heat had been intense with every weather report promising a change that never appeared! The change did arrive upon entering charming Sipan with the clouds becoming pretty ominous just before dinner. By the time we sat down at wonderful Kod Marka restaurant, the lightening had started and when drinks arrived so did the torrential downpour sending us all scurrying for cover from the bucket loads of water coming down from the darkened sky. After dinner the girls of the flotilla decided to have a girls night only cocktail evening - taking the dinghy back to the yacht in 25mph gusts of wind proved challenging but hilarious for those watching on shore and from the yachts! The Bora winds definitely kept us on our toes all night and the rain the next day gave us our first wet weather sailing day of the season. Arriving in Korcula the rain stopped and the sun smiled down on us once again giving the crews the chance to enjoy a wonderful evening people watching, exploring and shopping Korcula’s beautiful back streets.

Good sailing, swimming and a stowaway!

With a change of crew aboard Rhapsody, we left Split to rendezvous with our flotilla yachts in the turquoise waters of Primosten. With a marked change in the weather we enjoyed a fantastic first day sail up to the Krka River, with the new Rhapsody crew from Australia, USA and Canada practicing their tacking skills every 5 mins up the river. The heavy winds arrived that evening and kept us in Skradin for two nights, a harsh contrast to the lack of wind on our last trip! While getting ready to leave Skradin for the Kornati islands, the Australian crew aboard Marijana reported over the VHF…”we have a stowaway on board” It transpired that the stowaway was a very scared tabby cat. Crusoe, as he’d been newly named had been hiding out on Marijana since Split and had taken a few days to appear. Unable to catch Crusoe to take him for a dinghy ride to shore, Crusoe decided that the safest place to hide was behind the stove. Bites of tuna and ham didn’t tempt him out from behind the stove, but a bit of peace and quiet in Vrulje did and upon our return from dinner at Robinson’s restaurant Crusoe had left Marijana to start a new life in the Kornati islands.