Sailing tips & travel advice
Practical sailing tips for your holiday: choosing and preparing your yacht, mooring and anchoring, what to pack, and travel advice for getting there. New to sailing? Start with sailing for beginners.
Sustainable Holidays in Greece: Seafarer’s Fight to Save Seagrass
How careless anchoring harms Greece’s Posidonia seagrass meadows, three simple steps to anchor safely, and how Seafarer works with Sustainable Sailing Greece to protect them.
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Yacht Charter Preparation: Top Tips to Avoid Problems and Save Money
Yacht charter preparation tips from Seafarer’s Managing Director, Chris Lorenzo: what to check on arrival, safety gear, loose lines, engine care, and sail handling to protect your deposit.
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Flotilla Sailing Holidays: A First-Timer’s Guide
Flotilla holidays for beginners explained: what a flotilla is, the experience you need, the best destinations for first-timers, what it costs, and tips for your first week afloat.
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Seafarer Reviews: Why Our Guests Keep Coming Back
Seafarer reviews from real guests: rated Excellent on Feefo, what our Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award means, and why so many guests return.
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How to use a SUP from a Sailing Yacht
How to set up, launch, paddle, and store a stand-up paddleboard on a sailing holiday, with safety tips, a step-by-step guide to getting on and off the yacht, and a video demonstration.
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Putting the Sustainability in Seafarer: What We Do and What’s Next
How we make our sailing holidays lighter on the seas we sail: more sailing and less motoring, electric outboards, less plastic, seagrass-safe anchoring, clean-ups and local sourcing, plus what we are working on next.
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How to Moor Stern-To: A Step-by-Step Guide to Med Mooring
How to moor stern-to, step by step: preparing the boat, mooring with your anchor or a lazy line, handling a crosswind, and our own video of the manoeuvre.
