Life on Board FAQ

Before contemplating washing your undies out on the boat – please check on the water situation first! You’re likely to become considerably unpopular with your crewmates if we run out of water for showers ‘cos someone’s done laundry at an inappropriate time. The best laundry day is obviously when we’re on a dock with water at hand. Check in with your skipper when the next watering place will be.

There are services along the way in both Greece and Turkey where you can have your laundry done for you. Prices are reasonable. Again, your skipper can let you know where.

Paul your skipper has a cellphone, and we’re in range 95% of the time. In the places with a weak signal for voice, we can usually still pick up SMS or email. If someone needs to contact you urgently, try the skippers’ cellphones first. Other than that every island has good signal once we’re close to shore.

12v unless we’re on shore power.

Experienced sailors, you can skip this bit! You already know the pros and cons of living aboard. For our newbies – think of a sailboat as a floating RV home. Basic resources like water and electricity must be used conservatively; storage space is at a premium. Someone once described sailboat toilets as “upright coffins” – yep, that’s about right!

So even though our 55′ yacht is big in cruising yacht terms, it is still a “cosy” shared space, where consideration for others is paramount. For those with an easy-going and gregarious nature, the way that group dynamics develop so fast on a sailboat is a wonderful experience; people often go home with friends-for-life. If you are someone who needs a lot of their own “space” (physically and/or mentally) – this may not be the trip for you.

Our favourite description of sailing comes from one of our guests: “It’s like camping on the water”. Very upmarket camping for sure; but if this concept appeals to you, rather than the comforts of a plush hotel – you’ll be around like-minded people who love nature, adventure, and the team spirit that grows from such an environment.

We think it’s great if people want to get involved, learn about the boat, sailing, and generally be part of an active team. If one of your objectives coming on this trip is to learn about or improve your sailing – we’re more than happy to teach you.

But, we realise it’s not everyone’s goal… so, if spreading your towel on deck and lying out with a good book is your plan – that’s fine too. Our skippers will need some extra pairs of hands to help dock the boat, but you don’t need to be full-on tweaking sails if that doesn’t float your boat.

We do, however, expect that everyone will contribute in some way to the team spirit – if you wanted to just lie by a pool and have cocktails served to you, we assume you’d be on a cruise ship.

With space being at a premium, our sailboat is configured with 2 double cabins and 2 twin (bunk beds) cabins. These all have en suite heads (= toilet/shower), which we happily share as a matter of practicality. Cabin arrangements are usually made based on gender and age, our experience is that the ‘who sleeps where’ game sorts itself out naturally. And then it’s also the case that people love to sleep on deck during the entire trip.

Shareboat prices are based on 2 people sharing a double cabin; single occupancy is sometimes available at 1.5 times the regular price.

If you are chartering the boat with your own group – it’s totally up to you how you sort out cabin arrangements!

We provide a “starter supply” of alcoholic drinks to kick off the first evenings’ Happy Hour – beer, wine, a few rounds of gin n’ tonics, etc. After that, it’s up to you to BYO whatever you’d like to drink onboard. Soft drinks are included in our prices, alcohol is basically BYO after our Happy Hour. There’s plenty of opportunities to grab stuff in Kos before we leave, or during the trip on the bigger islands. We’ll also have a supply onboard which you can buy from us at cost price.