Is Aegean Sea Really Too Windy for Ordinary Charter Sailors?

[@perstromqvist]

After sailing in the Aegean and Saronic Gulf for some years a good advice I always give to unexperienced people looking at chartering out of Pireus/Alimos is to head East, possibly avoiding Sifnos and Milos in the south. The Meltemi is almost always blowing from the N-NE. The forecast gives the option to (a) head to Poros in the Saronic Gulf (from Serifos), a better sea state than being in Milos heading for Alimos (or Poros for that matter), or (b) continue East from Kithnos for Ermoupolis, Paros, Anti-Paros and do Serifos on way back. If trapped by strong Meltemi there is an amazing place on Sifnos (Ormos Vathy) that gives good protection to wait out the wind. Milos is a nice place, but it's so far down south that the route back could be crazy. We've experienced 3m waves outside Lavrio, and if you're not prepared for those conditions, it's better to leave from Serifos to Poros (and Possibly Epidavros, Vathy, or Korfu). Being in the Saronic the last days gives a windy journey back, but the sea state is manageable.

[@davidwebber6956]

Yep we went from Athens a month ago and had 47 kts of wind in Tinos !

[@LIVEINFULLCOLOR]

That might have been quite an experience :)

[@TheNatkica]

Good skipper conquers even Meltemi 💪

[@LIVEINFULLCOLOR]

Good skipper cooperates well with Meltemi :)

[@PaliBrate]

Hvala na jos jednom zanimljivim videu. I always like at the end the part with the costs and the conclusion. Next year I hopefully will Go sailing to greece with some friends who have never been sailing before and before that I'll Show them your video. Da vide kako je lepo i da se isplati. Lep pozdrav iz nemacke.

[@LIVEINFULLCOLOR]

When you know what to do and how to do it properly, sailing can be easily compared with other types of vacation, regarding price. If you count that you have all the freedom to go wherever you want and that you are really close to the nature, I believe sailing is the best. Ako imate bilo kojih pitanja u vezi sa jadrenjem, slobodno pitajte :) I puno hvala na podršci