Ionian Island Hopping Guide
Here are Sunsail’s top tips for the Ionian Sea, one of our most popular destinations.
Here are Sunsail’s top tips for the Ionian Sea, one of our most popular destinations.
We recently explored the serene and beautiful Ionian, and now we switch our attention to Greece’s southern coast, towards Athens and the benign but challenging Aegean.
Flotillas are just ducks in a row, aren’t they? The lead crew shoehorn you into sailing, eating and socialising to a strict timetable, right?
Wrong.
An army marches on its stomach, and a Sunsail crew is no different. You can tell a lot about a culture from the food and drink its people consume, and we have collated a series of recipes to help you recreate some of the BVI's favourite flavours, at home and on the water.
Whether it is the sword fighting ceremonies in Korčula, the salt lakes on Mljet or the rich history of Ston, Sunsail Dubrovnik Base Manager, Keith Harvey, has seen and done it all.
Essential sailing terms glossary
‘Hoist the mainsail!’
‘Starboard!’
‘Rig the anchor bridle’
Lance Shepherd is a lifelong sailor, ex Royal Marine Commando, and one-time Sunsail skipper, and is now set to take an amateur crew around the world as one of the skippers in the upcoming Clipper Round the World yacht race.
Paralympic sailing icon and Sunsail ambassador, Helena Lucas MBE recently retired from competitive sailing, and celebrated by enjoying her first ever catamaran sailing holiday. She tells us how she got on.
Sailing is much more accessible than you might think, and there are hundreds of friendly clubs around the UK devoted to getting people on the water and driving the sport forward.
“Sailing is expensive”
“Sailing is for the elite”
Do you want a sailing holiday you’ll remember forever? Do you want to go to an exotic nirvana, filled with shimmering seas and tropical fish? Then welcome to Belize. It’s paradise found.