Lagoon 380

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Skiathos:
- Marina with few services directly on site (no offices) but a large one about 1km away offers free car delivery to the port for easy provisioning.
- Some restaurants keep luggage if needed during the arrival or departure day.
- Marina is very close to the ferry arrival and the airport, easily accessible (<5 min) by bus or taxi. Taxi and bus stations are very close to the dock.
- Buses also allow you to travel around the island to visit monasteries, access hiking trailheads, and/or more distant beaches.
- The old town can be visited on foot from the marina.

Other islands visited and/or anchorage nearby:
Alonissos
Skopelos
Arkos
Trikeri
Peristera

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We had a great time sailing in the Sporades!

The loop is very nice to do, with beautiful stops and very nice anchorages, highlighted by the reserve that we really liked.
Wind conditions were variable but acceptable (a lot of changes in strength and direction) - 2 days with 25/30 knots.
Sailing was not difficult and anchoring was very easy to do (with few people around).
No huge infrastructures, which is nice (and not too "overbooked").

Top accessibility from the marina (3 km from the airport)!!
Small nice base but be careful, there is no agency office (everything is done in a café).
And as usual, a bit of a struggle for departures with arrivals/returns due to too few cleaning staff.
But the staff is nice and really helpful, so everything works out.

The Lagoon 38, even though it is an entry-level model, was recent, easy, and reasonably priced.
It met expectations.
The only downside: it was really not very clean at the handover (we had to clean the kitchen again..) and there was a slight lack of maintenance (especially the rigging which has already seen better days in 3 years).

In any case, thank you for your support and looking forward to the next cruise (Cyclades?)!

Some photos attached!

Best regards,

Charles.