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The Greek Charter Yachts

The Aegean Sea takes its name from Aegeus, the father of Theseus, who threw himself into the sea, when he believed his son was killed at Crete

Theseus had gone to Crete as part of the annual tribute of young Athenian men and women to the Minotaur, but with the help of Ariadne, slew the monster and escaped. Ariadne was unceremoniously dumped on Naxos and perhaps the Gods clouded there memories after these foul deeds, because he forgot the pre-arranged signal to his father to tell him that all was well. If a ship carried a black sail then Aegeus would know that his son had perished; a white sail would mean he was alive. Aegeus seeing the black sail on the approaching ship, was overcome with grief and leapt to his death.

The Aegean geographically divides Europe from Asia, although the Islands in the Sea form a bridge between the two continents. Between the islands, without compass or sextant, the merchants of ancient times could cross the Aegean and be out of site of land for only a few hours. Almost as important as the island bridge across the sea were the regular summer winds from the north.

These winds, now called by the Turkish name, the Meltemi, were then called the Etesian Winds from the Greek word Etos, a year, because they blow regularly every year. Traders could sail across the Aegean with this wind and return in the spring or autumn when the northerlies are light and southerlies sometimes blow. The winter winds can be fierce and some ancient states forbade traders to cross the sea in the winter months.

Greek Charter Yachts

A full fleet of crewed Sailing Yachts to charter from 49-177ft. Classic, Mega, Modern, Motor Sail, Mini Cruise Ships or true Authentic. All Yachts are available from Athens or other Greek Mainland & Island locations by special request.

We can also offer a complete selection of Catamarans, the popular Lagoon 500, 440, 410 or 380, the Bahia 46 or the Athena 38 for visiting the Greek Islands either Bareboat or Crewed.

prices and specs
Crewed Sailing Yachts					Luxury Catamarans
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Panorama Pantheon Arktos Sir Winston Swan Elliana Ellen IV Swan S.Samba K.Sama Marina S.Breeze S.Love Sally S.Wind President	177 164 152 149 112 100 80 80 78 67 65 61 61 56 55 54	147,000 147,000 35,000 35,000 47,000 24,500 21,000 24,000 24,500 13,300 14,700 12,600 12,600 9,100 9,800 11,200		1 2     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Sunreef Sunreef   Catamarans Lagoon Salina Lagoon Nautitech Bahia Lagoon Nautitech Nautitech Belize Lagoon Lagoon Lavezzi Nautitech Nautitech Lagoon Athena	74 62     500 48 470 47 46 440 44 435 43 420 410 40 40 395 380 38	26,600 20,000     9,780 7,170 5,890 5,500 3,460 5,510 5,040 3,420 3,230 4,730 3,040 3,840 3,990 2,470 2,755 2,180
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