AT#833 - Travel to the Peloponnese, Greece (Repeat)

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Hear about sailing in the Saronic Islands and the Peloponnese as the Amateur Traveler talks about his recent yacht charter with Navigare Yachting. My wife and I had wanted to gather a few friends and do a small boat sailing trip in the Greek Islands for more than a decade. This dream reached fruition when Navigare Yachting offered to provide the use of a boat in exchange for talking about the journey on the podcast. We began our one-week sailing adventure in Athens before setting off to Perdika, a small fishing village in Aegina. Arriving at the Navigare port, we completed the necessary paperwork, familiarized ourselves with the boat, and received a safety talk from Captain Kostas. After stocking up on groceries and supplies, we set sail, navigating through choppy seas due to a strong breeze from the south. We soon learned that sailing on a sailboat doesn’t always mean using the sails, as we mostly relied on the motor for this trip. ... https://amateurtraveler.com/sailing-in-the-saronic-islands/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:16.6	archives that I think you'll enjoy about sailing in Greece. Amateur Traveler episode 851. Today
1:24.2	the amateur traveler talks about cleats and coffin, jibs and bollards, and Asclepius, as we go sailing in the Ceronic Islands and the Peloponnese of Greece.
1:35.8	This is Chris Christensen from Amateur Traveler.
1:38.4	Let's talk about sailing in Greece.
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1:43.7	This is Chris, and this is one of those episodes that I'm doing without a guest because it is from my own travels.
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