Price of Fuel & Water in The Cyclades, Greece

[140Lbs]

Hey Chrondi, that’s great info! Thx!!! I have actually seen your videos before! And thanks for not squashing this thread to an end….the more info the better, and safer (and nicer) it is for everyone in the Cyclades.

So Santorini is NOT a fools destination eh? You are the second person (the other being sailingissues.com …oh and not to mention the Greek Waters Pilot I just got in the mail) to tell me it’s a viable option to include in ones itinerary on a bareboat charter in the Cyclades, i.e., a sail to the harbor at Vlychada isn’t going to end up w/sunken charter yachts and tales of doom and gloom etc. I think we could navigate the channel into Vlychada harbor safely by checking it out with a dinghy first while the cat waits in deeper water. And it could possibly be less of an issue given the cats short draft. We’ll probably skip Santorini b/c of our short time though. And the inevitable beating to windward fun to get back closer to base afterwards.

Chrondi, just to clarify for my purposes though: you’re saying that estimated harbor fees for my big fat ugly tennis court catamaran in Vlychada would be €40/day? or €80/day? …and there’s plenty of easily accessed fresh water there to top off my water tanks? …for FREE!? Kinda sounds like I’d be a fool not to go there…and have a couple mopeds delivered to my yacht. But it’s probably better to end your charter on Thira and take a ferry back.

And the harbor fees for my big fat ugly tennis court catamaran in Naxos Harbor would be €40/day?

We’re going to base our itinerary around islands w/easy access to water and I estimate we’ll only “dock” in harbors/marinas (i.e., ones that charge money and have fuel/showers etc.) 2 or 3 times during our 1 week charter (hopefully only once). Other nights we’ll most likely be looking for secluded bays to spoil by anchoring our monster yacht and sipping retsina while quietly watching sun sets. We’ll probably only visit 4-5 Islands this time around given our short time.

Delos: there’s no place we can anchor and quietly/respectfully dingy over to shore for a day of humble exploration?

Ok, keep making videos friend! It’s nice to see the ladies at the helm.

[chrondi]

Delos is a protected site and I would not test the friendliness of Greek Coast Guard in a place equivalent to the ... White House. You DON'T anchor there with your cat, period.
All this talk about precautions when approaching Vlychada marina at Santorini with your shallow draft boat is pure NONSENSE. Last July that I visited the place there was even a yellow buoy fixed a couple of hundred meters off the coast to safely mark the entrance.
Prices I gave you about harbour fees in Santorini and Naxos are the double of what I paid last year for a 44i Jeanneau monohull. The assistants at both places will be happy to suggest their friends for renting motorbikes or cars and CERTAINLY they will not rob you. On the other hand you can argue that you were told that multihulls just pay double the price of monohulls. In Naxos you can even threaten that you will take your boat just next to the harbour, on the lee of the "PORTARA" temple, where it is free of charge and communicate with the shore shuttling on the dinghy.
The only real risk you need consider is the gusty meltemi wind and ensuing short breaking waves, especially in the area between Paros and Naxos, south of Mykonos, and I'm sure the salty taste from the sea spray will stay for days after in your mouth ...

[vegasandre]

Greeksailor1- better get used to that. its the way of the future stop living in 1970.

[sailtimeci]

Just an FYI - we paid $1.55 EU per litre for fuel in Italy last month...and $60-150 EU for berthing. i dont know if this correlates to Greece. But after 3 med charters now it is safe to say that med chartering is not for those who have a hard time parting with money :-)