2015 Greece Sailing Trip

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June 2015

Greece's Saronic Gulf

Athens / Pireas (Pireaus)

Video Link on YouTube: https://youtu.be/d17y_lzuoXI

Destination: Athen's waters

Dates: June 20 to 27, 2015
    Board Sat 6/20 at 1800 (maybe earlier)
         skipper chart briefing 1430
         purser supervised shopping 1400
    Disembark Sat 6/27 by 0900

    Length of sail trip:    7 nights

Cost Estimate: $1500 per person
   (airfare not included). See below for details

More information:

	June: 66 to 86 in temperature
	Water temperature: 70
	Wind speed about 9 knots average, but with surprises
	Nightlife ashore at some anchorages
	Rugged and ancient beauty

Links:

	Sunsail Info
	Moorings Info

Example Itineraries

1) A March 2015 itinerary provided by Sunsail using the new Zea Base.

Zea Marina stow provisions in afternoon, leave early

Aegina 16 sm

Hydra 24 sm

Spetses 17 sm

Poros 23 sm

Epidavrus 17 sm

Vathi Babu 10 sm

Zea Marina 22 sm (early morning start)

This is illustrated on the right ----

Actual sail plan as it turns out...

	20 June Sunsail base at Zea Marina in Piraeus (next to Athens). Didn't leave port until 17:40. Overnight in Nisos Aigina, Souvalis Bay (North side).
	21 June Overnight in Palaia Epidhavros, East side of Peloponnesos.
	22 June Overnight in Poros (South side of Poros island).
	23 June Sail-by on Hydra (Idra) port. Lunchtime stop, Mandraki Bay (N. Idra), difficult anchoring, essentially aborted. Overnight in Ormos Skindos, North side of Nisos Dhokós.
	24 June Lunchtime stop at Mandraki Bay, Norths side of Idra (Hydra). Overnight in Russian Bay, SW side of Nisos Póros.
	25 June Overnight in Aigina, SW side; Anchorage North of Perdika.
	26 June Nisos Mini (South side) swim stop. Lunch stop on SW side of Nisos Angistri (Limenaria). Overnight in Zea Marina in Piraeus (Athens).

Click to explore sailing ground: https://goo.gl/maps/OmNpQ

Temple of Poseidon, 440 BC, at Cape Sounion Bay

Epidavros Amphitheatre, 4th Century BC (more)

Crew List

All crew committed by sending a $500 deposit, refundable only if someone would be willing to take your place.

The boat/berthing assignments have not been made as we need to ensure the right amount of sailing experience is on both boats, and to meet crew preferences. We'll settle that at the Feb planning sessions.

It is expected that daily sailing may have people on different boats for the hops between ports and lunch stops. As well, the daily happy hour and dinner locations will be on different boats.

There are some roles needing volunteers for each of the catamarans:

Purser: Plan the food and beverage provisioning for their boat

Dinghy Capt: Small boat care and preparation

DJ (optional): Ensure variety of music / gaming

Crew Boat	NAME	ROLE	STATUS	AIRLINES
1	Joe Martinka	42' boat skipper, flotilla accountant	Fully paid up A.M. planning on 3 person fwd berth and trampoline	Planning to fly from NYC on 6/17, with 2 day Athens Area tour. Depart Athens for Geneva and Rome at 4:30 pm on 6/27
2	Dorian Martinka
3	Arielle Martinka
4	Jeff Dunham	42' boat 1st mate	Fully paid up	from Barcelona - probably 1 week prior Greek tour
5	Michelle Krick		Fully paid up	from CA - joining Jeff on Greek tour
6	Sam Martin		deposit received
7	Laura Martin		deposit received
8	Michael Diamond		Fully paid up	leaving 1 pm on 6/27 back to states
9	Emily Freebairn		Fully paid up
10	Larry Meyer	38' boat skipper	Fully paid up
11	Therese Meyer	possible purser?	Fully paid up
12	Monica Hersch	1st mate	Fully paid up
13	Elisabeth Crabtree		deposit received	arrive Athens @ 10:20am (6/17) - UA8673 6/29 - Depart Athens @ 1:05pm,
14	Susan Goods		deposit received
15	Matt Mathis		deposit received
16	Melissa Sampson		deposit received
17	Deb Levine		deposit received
18	Wait list #1
19	Wait list #2

Costs

Budgeted at $1500 per person. The balance of $1000 is due on April 3rd as a check to Joe Martinka.

This cost was estimated based on the expected number of people who sign up, the cost of the boat(s) that we would reserve, partial provisioning (the food on board) with additional main course purchases, beverages, bar and a small buffer. Some items are estimates, and are based on previous cruises. It is harder this time as some provisioning will be ad hoc. For food, I have allocated $45/person/day.

This is a cost that reflects a proposed 7 night trip. It expects a partial basic provisioning from Sunsail, additional groceries at the marina and purchases of meat/fish at various port stops. Also, anticipate some meals (3 to 5 nights?) may be ashore at Greek restaurants, partially covered by the sailing group's kitty. I'll send the spreadsheet if you want to see it.

It does not reflect hotel or travel costs off the boat, nor any air fare..

Airfare Ideas

Airport Codes

	ATH - Athens -The “Eleftherios Venizelos” International Airport is located on the north-east side of the city in Spata.
	Distance to the Zea Marina (Pireaus) base is 49 km; the transfer takes approximately 60 minutes. Most people will already be in Greece
	SFO to ATH round trip : around $1600 to $1900 JFK to ATH round trip: around $1200 to $1700

Sailboat Information

Boat Reservations	Layout and Specs
Sunsail 444 Catamaran More Specs (reserved in Sep 14: early 10% discount)	Cool looking Virtual Tour
Sunsail 384 Catamaran More Specs (reserved in Jan 15) LIG sailed this boat class in Thailand, April 2010. Compact and economical.	"Mama Mia" Brochure on boat
Before the catamaran when we had a fewer committed crew, we had reserved this sloop below.
Sunsail 41 foot Sloop More Specs (reserved in Dec 14. then released in Jan 15)	Full boat Virtual Tour

Page update history

Sep 10, 2014 - First Draft
Sep 12, 2014 - updated with Sam's signup
Sep 16, 2014 - updated with total of 8 crew now
Sep 23, 2014 - 1st boat reserved, still looking for more
Oct 14, 2014 - Added two more crew on waiting list
Nov 20, 2014 - Added two more crew on waiting list
Dec 6, 2014 - Added Arielle to the first boat
Dec 12, 2014 - Added Michael to crew, and reserved 2nd boat
Jan 8, 2015 - Added three persons and converted 2nd boat to cat. Updated cost estimates.
Feb 25, 2015 - updated boat marina location and added more crew status. Different itineary.

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