Sailing Itineraries

Day-by-day cruises with route maps, distances and verified anchorages.

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4-Day Gulf of Naples Sailing Itinerary: Procida, Ischia & Capri

Three volcanic islands, a Roman town on the seabed and the busiest recreational water in Italy — the one cruising ground where you plan around neither the weather nor the rulebook but other boats. The 62 nm circuit out of Baia day by day, with a numbered route map, verified depths, holding and alarm radii, why Capri is lunch rather than a night, and why widening the alarm to stop ferry-wash false triggers is the wrong fix.

August 9, 2026

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7-Day Aeolian Islands Sailing Itinerary: Lipari, Filicudi, Panarea & Stromboli

Seven volcanic islands across forty miles of open Tyrrhenian Sea, one still erupting every twenty minutes — and not a single all-weather anchorage among them. The full 114 nm loop day by day, with a numbered route map, every stop's shelter sector and the move to make when the wind goes the wrong way, verified depths and holding, why the alarm radius climbs from 80 m to 120 m as you sail west, and where you must never anchor on Stromboli.

August 5, 2026

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5-Day La Maddalena Sailing Itinerary: Palau, Caprera, Spargi & Budelli

The finest short cruise in Italy, day by day — out of Palau to a park buoy under Caprera, round Punta Rossa to the pink granite of Cala Coticcio, the Maestrale bolthole at Spargi, a beach on Budelli you are forbidden to touch, and a night in the lagoon between three islands — with a numbered route map, the national park's permit and Zone A/B/C rules, the bridge that blocks the Maddalena–Caprera channel, and why the alarm radius on a mooring buoy is 40 metres.

July 29, 2026

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3-Day Calanques Sailing Itinerary: Marseille, Sormiou, En-Vau & Cassis

The most dramatic short cruise in France, day by day — out of Marseille's Vieux Port to a night on good sand in Sormiou, the calanque crawl past Morgiou and Sugiton to the forbidden pool of En-Vau, a fjord bedroom at Port-Miou and coffee under France's highest sea cliff at Cassis — with a numbered route map, the national park's anchoring bans and speed limits, Mistral rafale warnings, and the anchor alarm radius to set in every calanque.

July 22, 2026

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3-Day Côte d'Azur Sailing Itinerary: Saint-Tropez, the Esterel & Îles de Lérins

The glamour coast, day by day — Saint-Tropez and Pampelonne, the red porphyry cliffs of the Esterel, a lunch stop at Théoule and a night at anchor off the Man in the Iron Mask's island — with a numbered route map, daily distances, verified anchorages, Mistral and Posidonia notes, and the anchor alarm radius to set at every stop.

July 14, 2026

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7-Day BVI Sailing Itinerary: Norman Island, The Baths, Anegada & Jost Van Dyke

The classic British Virgin Islands loop, day by day — Road Town to Norman Island, The Baths, North Sound, the open-water run to Anegada, Cane Garden Bay, Jost Van Dyke and Soper's Hole — with a numbered route map, daily distances, verified anchorages, mooring-ball and reef notes, and the anchor alarm radius to set at every stop.

July 11, 2026

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5-Day South Corsica Sailing Itinerary: Bonifacio, Lavezzi Islands, Porto-Vecchio & Santa Giulia

The classic South Corsica loop, day by day — Bonifacio to the Lavezzi Islands, Rondinara, Santa Giulia, Palombaggia and Figari and back under the limestone cliffs, with a numbered route map, daily distances, verified anchorages, Strait of Bonifacio and mooring-buoy notes, and the anchor alarm radius to set at every stop.

July 7, 2026

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4-Day Hyères Islands Sailing Itinerary: Porquerolles, Port-Cros & Le Levant

The classic Îles d'Hyères loop, day by day — La Tour Fondue to Porquerolles, Port-Cros and Le Levant and back, with a numbered route map, daily distances, verified anchorages, Mistral and Posidonia notes, and the anchor alarm radius to set at every stop.

July 6, 2026

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5-Day Corfu & Paxos Sailing Itinerary: Route Map, Anchorages & Daily Legs

The classic North Ionian loop, day by day — Gouvia to Benitses, Lakka, Gaios, Antipaxos and back, with a numbered route map, daily distances, verified anchorages and the anchor alarm radius to set at every stop.

July 5, 2026

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