When chartering, keep always the spray hood up
When chartering a sail boat from Kavas Yachting, a client will always be advised to "keep the spray hood up"
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- Jul 7, 2017
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The Ikaria senior regatta for crew chiefs above 70 years of age
You’re never too old to go afloat. Just look at celebrated yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnston who sailed across the Atlantic solo at the age of 75 in 2014
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- Jun 28, 2017
Reading the wind, practicalities, while in a yacht charter
Whether you are on a motor cruiser or a sailing yacht you will always have to consider the wind at sea. Every vessel is affected by it, whether a tiny yacht tender or one of the huge €100 million mega yachts that billionaires buy in cash.
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- Jun 12, 2017
Cruising catamarans or monohull for your sailing holidays?
Catamarans and monohull yachts are very different beasts on the water. Let’s look at them and help you choose what to sail with us at Kavas Yachting this summer...
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- May 25, 2017
Gear you should always have when sailing
In this article we will discuss some essential and not so essential gear you will need to bring with you when you charter as yacht with Kavas Yachting.
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- May 17, 2017
Two Americas Cup boat features coming to ordinary sailors
The Americas Cup begins in Bermuda on the 28th May. It promises to be the most watched sailing regatta in history with a whole new audience coming to watch these carbon flying catamarans blasting around the Great Sound at speeds of upwards of 50 knots.
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- May 11, 2017
Is sailing qualifications better than sailing experience?
Every year 100s of youngsters do commercial yachting qualifications such as the intensive RYA Yachtmaster in order to sail on super yachts. Ultimately they come out knowing that red means port and green starboard (and perhaps how to draw some pretty trigonometric triangles on a chart) but ultimately not a great deal about seamanship...
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- Apr 10, 2017
what to do in unexpected incidents during your sailing holidays
While on a Greek yacht charter with Kavas Yachting you will be out to have a great time and no doubt have a few drinks and a party or two afloat. You’re not monks and shouldn’t be expected to be entirely dry while aboard...
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- Mar 27, 2017
Green tech solutions for yachts electric motors solar sails
Plastic is everywhere, while sailing at dusk a few miles offshore you can see the filthy air of cities just over the horizon. Living with the environment, it is only sensible to protect it, right?
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- Mar 3, 2017
Great Circles - the shortest distance between two points
Looking at aircraft routes around the world, you will often see that they don’t fly in straight lines between departure and destination, but instead curving routes...
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- Feb 21, 2017
Two new Bali 4.0 catamarans has joined our charter fleet
After last season’s success with our first two catamarans, Kavas can announce that we have bought two more, Bali 4.0 cruising catamarans for our customers to enjoy
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- Feb 12, 2017
Female sailors are as good as men since power is not everything
Sailing is unnecessarily perceived as a male sport with meathead 25 year old men grinding the winches and burning 5000 calories a race from their upper bodies alone in an afternoon.What rubbish!
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- Feb 7, 2017
How good idea is to own a yacht? chartering boats is better
With the cost of owning and running a yacht, and the time you will actually use it, is there any point in owning a yacht at all? Where at Kavas Yachting it may seem obvious that we’d encourage you to charter rather than buy a boat outright (we’re in the business of chartering after all!) there are some very sound arguments against yacht ownership and in favour of companies such as us taking the responsibility of boat ownership.
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- Jan 16, 2017
Trimarans are faster than monohuls and catamarans
Whether blasting around the world on a record attempt or just enjoying high performance day sailing, for people with the need for speed, trimarans are the best answer if you want strong performance as well as comfort.
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- Jan 5, 2017
Traditional Greek vessels – trehantiri, kaiki and karavoskaro
Sailing around Greece, you will likely see a host of traditional vessels that have been unchanged in design over hundreds of years. Predominantly you will see trehantiris and kaikis, but if you’re lucky you might even see a Karavoskaro!
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- Nov 25, 2016
Island Hopping in the Saronic Gulf's top destinations
If you're planning a first sailing holiday in the Greek islands, it does not get much better than cruising the glorious waters of the Saronic Gulf. There's an added bonus to choosing this particular region for a sailing holiday because it’s so easy to get to if you decide to make Athens the starting point of your seafaring adventure...
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- Sep 20, 2016