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Originally Posted by leventyapan

Hello,
It's going to be our first time sailing in Greece alone (without friends) with my wife. We are not experienced and we need a skipper for sure; however I don't know if I and my wife can still have privacy in our trip? How is it in general? Do we have to have dinner together when on land? Is it OK to sunbath and swim nude? Can we choose which bay to go next, etc?
I would like to hear some experiences both good and bad? Thanks

We've never chartered in Greece, but I'm assuming it's not that much different from elsewhere. We've chartered, with a captain, in the BVI's and coastal Maine.

Usually, the captain will ask if you have an itinerary or if you want him/her to do all the planning. You don't have to eat with the captain onshore if you don't want to. On our charters, sometimes we did, sometimes we didn't. As a matter of fact, for one of our charters, the captain took our kids ashore and left my wife and I on the boat! That was unusual (but he is definitely the best captain we've ever had with kids - absolutely friggin' amazing with them!!! If anyone wants his info...). You can swim nude, or fully clothed. You can include the captain on everything (or almost everything) you're doing, or nothing. In "foreign" ports, they will also take care of all of the checkins and outs.

When we charter with captain, we usually like to run the boat and keep the captain around for "backup".

Have fun!

Chris