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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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A week on the Amalfi Coast by yachtLatest

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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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Where to charter in the Mediterranean, month by monthChartering

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Where to charter in the Mediterranean, month by month

The season is longer than most people assume and the good months are not the busy ones. A plain calendar of where the weather, the water and the crowds actually line up.

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A week in the BalearicsItineraries

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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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Capri by sea: where to anchorDestinations

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Capri by sea: where to anchor

Capri has a reputation for being overrun. It is really only busy at predictable hours, in predictable places — and arriving by water takes you off that timetable entirely.

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Croatia by yacht: the Dalmatian island runItineraries

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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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Sailing the Aeolian IslandsItineraries

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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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The Turquoise Coast: a week from GöcekItineraries

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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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What is included in a crewed charterChartering

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What is included in a crewed charter

Two proposals for the same yacht in the same week can look very different and describe an identical holiday. The difference is rarely the boat — it is what each one has chosen to include.

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The Ionian Islands: the gentlest week in GreeceItineraries

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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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