Can anyone in here recommend anything in the way of a sail charter in the
Med? South of France?
Cheers!
Happy 2007

A friend of mine and his wife had a great charter from Sail Croatia. It
is on the Net. Good Luck.

I am retired, I have suggestions for Carib from experiences (10 years).



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Can anyone in here recommend anything in the way of a sail charter in the
Med? South of France?
Cheers!
Happy 2007

On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 20:11:19 +0100, roger lothoz wrote:

I am retired, I have suggestions for Carib from experiences (10 years).


Bien, mais on veut rendre visite au sud de France...

mr.b wrote:
Can anyone in here recommend anything in the way of a sail charter in the
Med? South of France?
Cheers!
Happy 2007

Some folks I know tend to like Charter.

http://www.charterworld.com/

See what you think.

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"Sailor Brian" wrote:

mr.b wrote:
Can anyone in here recommend anything in the way of a sail charter in the
Med? South of France?
Cheers!
Happy 2007

Some folks I know tend to like Charter.

http://www.charterworld.com/

See what you think.

Mr. B, two decades ago, my wife and I went to Greece in April. I had no
plans for a charter other than the money to pay for a boat and dreams.

Because it was early in the season it was a buyers market and I went to
Piraeus and in one day hired a boat and captain.

If you go, four thoughts.

1. Get a captain who speaks your language and Greek. Some of the Islands
we found had no English speaking folks where we wanted them. We liked
the guy we went with and he helped me pick out my next boat.

2. Its a big sea. I had plans to make to Santorini in a round trip week
trip. In my dreams.

3. Beware the Meltemis. They are real. One of my favorite stories was
the fight our captain and I had about going out to make Mykonos one
morning and I lost. A larger ketch with a properly outfitted German crew
set out and after getting battered gave up and came back to Kea while we
rested and saw the entire Island and had a great but thankfully
mysterious dinner and we raced them to Mykonos the next day.

4. Have fun. There is nothing like sailing beneath the temple at Cape
Souninon (sic), walking on Delos, eating olive oiled foods and drinking
greek wines and ouzo.

Most fun I have had.

harlan

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mr.b wrote:

Bien, mais on veut rendre visite au sud de France...

I have never chartered in the south of France, so cannot recommend
anyone, and the charterers I have used and could recommend
(setsail.co.uk, Sunsail) do not go there - probably because it is
notoriously expensive and crowded in peak season. I see Moorings
charters from Nice, but I have no experience of them.

If you can man manage French, you could ask for recommendations on the
newsgroup fr.rec.bateaux - though it is not a subject I have seen
covered there much.

You could also ask in uk.rec.sailing where there may be folk who have
chartered in the western med.

HTH
Dave
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"Harlan Lachman" wrote in message
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"Sailor Brian" wrote:

mr.b wrote:
Can anyone in here recommend anything in the way of a sail
charter in the
Med? South of France?

I don't know where you're travelling from, or why you've chosen
France, so it's not easy to give immediate advice. However, for
sailboats and motor boats going to sea, there are very few charter
companies operating in the south of France. The main reason is
that the area is very crowded and very expensive in the high
season, and in the winter is prone to a very vicous wind - the
mistral - which blows for days at a time with little warning of
its onset. One possibility is canal boat charter - for the
waterways around Marseilles - but since this is a cruising forum,
I guess that's not your thing.

So my suggestion is that you choose another area! Probably Greece.
And Harlan Lachman's advice for skippered charter in Greece, and
places to go to, is absolutely spot on.

If you want to see comparisons of the better cruising areas of
Europe (with lots of detail on N Spain, Greece and the Baltic) to
help your choice of cruise area, try my website. It's in my
signature. Sorry, Turkey is not yet included . . . gimme a month.

And for advice on who to charter from in Greece, try
http://www.sailingissues.com/greek.html . Great advice here.
--
JimB
http://www.jimbaerselman.f2s.com/
Comparing cruise areas within Europe, with lots of detail about
the favourites.