[paabboud]

Hi there--

I am putting together a bareboat charter with some friends of mine who have all sailed together in the Caribbean over the past decade. We''ve decided on Greece for this summer and I am presently trying to find a larger catamaran to take us around (we''ve decided on the cat b/c of its relative stability and more personal space now that wives and girlfriends are along...)

It sounds like you might not have chosen to sail the Cyclades region in retrospect. We are looking primarily for beautiful beaches and some nightlife/restaurants, and would love to avoid the ''riffraff'' (which of course WE are). While we would love a challenging sail with some open passages, we don''t want to scare our women away from sailing forever and we DO want to be able to make it back on time for our returning flights.

Would you mind sharing your thoughts about how you might do it all over?