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Cruise reportGreece: on a cruise in the Northern Sporades, Western Aegean

Pascal Schürmann

 · 28.01.2018

Cruise report: Greece: on a cruise in the Northern Sporades, Western AegeanPhoto: Sönke Roever
Greece: on a cruise in the Northern Sporades, Western Aegean
Sailing in the Northern Sporades is good in the high season. The wind is calmer there and it is also less crowded. The travel report as PDF download

Anyone who has ever travelled by sailing yacht in the Cyclades or along the Turkish coast in July and August usually knows a thing or two about the Meltemi. The strong summer wind often blows at 6 to 7 Beaufort from the north-east. This is not a problem for space-sheet courses - but on the way back to the charter base at the latest, many a crew has cursed the upwind course associated with it.

Even in the Aegean you can sail in a very relaxed manner, you just have to dodge a little into the "fringes" of the Meltemi. For example, in the Gulf of Volos and the neighbouring Northern Sporades. Not only is the breeze much weaker there, the bays and harbours are also much less frequented than in many other sailing centres further south.

Sönke Roever has explored the area. You can read his trip report in YACHT 2/2018, or you can download the report directly via the link below.

Downloads:

Greece: Northern Sporades (pdf)

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Pascal Schürmann

Pascal Schürmann

Editor YACHT

Pascal Schürmann joined YACHT in Hamburg in 2001. As head of copywriting and head of the editorial team, he makes sure that all articles make it into the magazine on time and that they are both informative and entertaining to read. He was born in the Bergisches Land region near Cologne. He learned how to handle the tiller and sheet as a teenager in a touring dinghy on the Sneeker Meer and on a tall ship on the IJsselmeer. During and after his studies, he sailed on the Baltic Sea and in the Mediterranean. As a trained business journalist, he is also responsible for boat financing and yacht insurance reports at YACHT, but also has a soft spot for blue water topics.

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