Anna and Francesco: What is it like to sail in Greece?

Name: Anna and Francesco: What is it like to sail in Greece?
Uploaded: 2025-09-13T10:20:53.000Z
Duration: 34 min 39 s
Description: A Lagoon 38 named Mustafa cruises the southern Peloponnese, with Kythira as the crew's favorite stop.

September 13, 2025 · 34 min · 62 views · Baía de Navarino

Anna and Francesco sail their RIB on calm Greek waters.

What this video covers

Marina Guedes interviews Anna and Francesco aboard their Lagoon 38 catamaran, Mustafa, anchored in Navarino Bay, Greece, during a roughly two-week cruise along the southern Peloponnese coast.1:00

Anna, sailing with her family for over ten years on Mustafa — a 2002 hull, number 156, measuring 11.55 m long, 6.10 m wide, with a 1.10 m draft — describes what draws her back to Greece each season from Naples.2:31 She singles out Greek hospitality as the country's defining quality: locals bring water unprompted, wrap a one-euro purchase with care, and maintain benches along walking paths for rest and contemplation.4:22 She contrasts the unhurried pace with Italy's removal of public seating.11:28 On food, she praises simple, high-quality ingredients — local olive oil, tomatoes with flavor, the ubiquitous Greek salad — and notes that meals are fast, generous, and inexpensive.9:15 On language, she and Francesco enrolled in a Greek course but found the unfamiliar alphabet a steep barrier; she returns each year with a few more words.12:59 Her favorite destination in the area they covered is Kythira, the southernmost island of the Peloponnese, valued for its space, low-key tourism, and mix of returning Greek emigrants and quiet foreign visitors.15:32 She also recommends Ithaca and Kefalonia for the Ionian, though August crowds are heavy.17:37 Francesco confirms Mustafa's specs: a Lagoon 38 originally built for charter, now privately owned and sailed slowly, favoring incremental discovery over fast passages.21:17

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Boats in this video

Lagoon 38Their boat