CHARTER, SAIL, REPEAT

If there’s one charter destination that’s impossible to tire of, it’s Greece. This Mediterranean jewel is simply so large, so varied and so special it’s impossible to relegate it to just a single checkbox on a list.

This past year a group of friends and I chartered from Navigare Yachting, based in Agios Kosmas Marina, a ways down from the port of Piraeus outside of Athens. Our Sun Odyssey 519 was ready and waiting at the dock, completely spotless. I also had three of the base personnel at my complete disposal within minutes of arrival. It was such an enthusiastic welcome, I double checked the name of the boat on my paperwork just to make sure all this fanfare was for me. Yup, the 2018 vessel, Misty, was mine for the week.

After that we loaded up with some barebones provisions, which in Greece consist of olives, tomatoes, pounds of feta and numerous bottles of local wine. There’s no need to overbuy at the start of a charter in this part of the world, since the provisioning opportunities, and tavernas, are many.

Although I was set to explore Greece for the third time and wanted