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Additional dates released for sailing cruises in the Caribbean. Explore Bequia, the first island in the Grenadines archipelago, with its un-spoilt charm, enjoy wonderful island hikes to the volcano Soufriere of St Vincent and discover Mustique, the island of the rich and famous.  This is a great adventure sailing holiday destination for new and experienced sailors to practice and non-sailors to relax and experience island life on a luxury shared yacht. Click to find out the dates and more information.

There’s only 9 days to go until the start of the largest in water boat show in Texas. From 26th March, we’ll be at booth 18 in the Sailing Village and we’d love to chat to both past and future customers from Texas. You can visit the show website to find out opening times be clicking this link. 

CONGRATULATIONS! We are really pleased to announce that the winner of our FREE trip to GREECE competition is John from Ontario, Canada. John has been reading Poseidon News for the past few years and has always wanted to go to Greece so we couldn’t be more pleased that the trip goes to a deserving winner. John and his wife will be sailing with us in 2016. We look forward to showing you Greece John.

The holiday season is over and as the decorations come down, our thoughts turn to the boat shows. Our first shows are in January in Toronto and Chicago – we look forward to seeing you there.

For our last departure, Christiana VIII, Margarita and flotilla yacht Marilena left Athens. We welcomed Stephanos onboard Christiana VIII – a new skipper to Poseidon but a veteran Greek skipper with a passion for fishing! Day one Christiana’s skipper caught his first fish of the trip, but it was Steven and the South African’s aboard Margarita who reeled in the big tuna for BBQ bay at Kithnos. There was great food, music and dancing that night in a deserted bay, where under the stars the mirror ball glittered for birthday celebrations. As the evening came to a close a few people went by dinghy to the beach to light a fire while others sat in the hot thermal spring waters Kithnos is famous for – a spectacular evening for everyone. The next day, after a perfect sail into Ios, we said goodbye to our new South African, Irish and Canadian friends aboard Margarita then on Sunday we welcomed Sawadee a lagoon catamaran with a group of friends from Vancouver.

Some trips are more challenging than others, and we wouldn’t be honest if we said everything was smooth sailing all the time! Our new girl Christiana VIII had her fair share of issues on this departure. The crew led by Marjorie and George had owned yachts so were accommodating of Christiana’s water pump breaking for 36 hours, her brand new engine not starting for a few hours and other mechanical issues that we encountered for the first few days! With the very hot weather still with us, in Poros a cold hose shower on shore turned into great fun – Marjorie and gang, we can’t thank you all enough for bearing with us while repairs were completed. Unfortunately, when guests aboard Margarita also started experiencing problems, we began to wonder if we had upset the Greek gods in some way with issues that were not so easy to resolve immediately as much as we tried. By the end of the two-weeks it turned into the most memorable of the season, not just because of the problems but more so because of the people sailing with us. A group of nearly 40 people came together from all over the world and had fun regardless. The effort put into pirate night by all the yacht crews will be remembered for a long time; Mary from Kentucky, your shining personality truly made us smile every day; Stan and Glenda from Oregon you are very special people and last but not least the Stolls from Australia, your third trip with us, you guys are like wine…you get better every year!! 

Each year at the end of August we sail a 1-week hop into the Cyclades with just our cabin charter yacht. This year Margarita headed out of Athens with an all American contingent of non-sailors. The week proved to be the hottest week of the summer with temperatures souring into the 40’s and that is Celsius! Margaritas 60ft deck sure came in handy for cooler sleeping spots – a highlight when under the stars at Kithnos! Leaving Cape Sounion on Friday lunch, it was the best sail of the year so far with all the sails up right back into Alimos marina. It was the perfect end to a fun week giving everyone the chance to take the helm and see what sailing is all about. One-week trips are always over so quickly but we had a great time – Paige, Ralph, Sherrie, Paul, Laurie and Fred, thanks for sailing with us.

This trip started with great excitement in more ways than one! We were already excited about having two birthdays aboard King and a wedding onboard SpongeBob, but what we didn’t anticipate was the weather excitement! Within an hour of leaving Split, the Gods treated us to roaring thunder and a spectacular light show for the short hop to Trogir – the only downside was the rain that came down in bucket loads! Arriving in Skradin that night, the rain subsided a little and we enjoyed our first birthday celebration for Geoff from the UK – mojitos all round was the drink for the day. A few days later in Dubrovnik ACI Marina, it was an unforgettable experience when the crew aboard SpongeBob, a Lagoon 450 invited us to their wedding. It was a very moving affair aboard the flower decorated deck when bride Andree and groom Pierre from Montreal said their vows with family and friends onboard and the rest of the family watching on Skype and facetime back home. The evening ended in a chandelier lit restaurant in the heart of Dubrovnik’s walled city – a truly memorable day for everyone. With the wedding celebrations over, we then enjoyed a chilled birthday for our ‘repeat offender’ client Karen from Ottawa, Karen’s day started with a relaxing massage at the marina, lunch by the pool and then a few drinks and a little birthday cake in Sipan! Ending just outside Split, the yachts had one final gathering for a 2-hour fuel stop line-up with 50 other yachts! This trip really was special with lots of celebrations. Thank you Pierre and Andree for allowing Poseidon Charters to be part of your very special day – we look forward to welcoming you to Greece for your anniversary next year!

For this trip, two British families now living in Switzerland were aboard White Lady II and on King, a couple from Wisconsin, USA. Barb and Wayne were old hands with us after sailing in Greece aboard Margarita just two weeks ago! After the first lunch stop at Primosten we headed up the Krka river to spend a fun night at Skradin – Connie, Lara and Zoe, the beautiful young daughters onboard White Lady II we’ll never forget your squeals of delight at the swans vying for ritz crackers!  An interesting mussel night followed where at midnight a storm arrived with up to 50mph winds, thunder and lightning – the skippers aboard the yachts didn’t sleep much that night…fortunately, the next evening was beautifully calm on mooring balls at Solta. One week trips are over all too quickly and this trip was no exception so after Solta we headed to Stari Grad, Hvar and finally Bol Beach, Brac followed by another great sail back into Split. White Lady II family, it was a wonderful week with you and your girls, their characters made it a perfect ‘little’ flotilla! Barb and Wayne, what a holiday for the Poseidon crew with just the two of you onboard – thanks for choosing to sail in Greece and Croatia with us…remember to let us know which one is your favourite!!