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sailingholidays.com 2018 NEWSLETTER COME AND SAY HELLO... LEAD CREW NEWS NEW FOR 2018 Catch up with the team and All our lead crew news, Return of the two week enjoy a G&T on us! past and present... Faraway Islands Flotilla! 1 Thanks to everyone who sent us letters, emails, 2017 saw Heidi and I trying to spend less time online reviews, photos and videos - we really in the office without much success. We had a appreciate receiving them. As always, we have brilliant time sailing on our annual flotilla (this time included a few of your stories and photos in this the Argolic Gulf) for a couple of weeks during newsletter, so don’t be surprised if you feature. the summer. We met a few of our regular flotilla sailors along the way. Plans for 2018 include a return to the two week Faraway Islands flotilla (on two dates only). In Thanks again to everyone who sailed with addition, we are once again running two week us in 2017 - we look forward to bumping into pop-up flotillas in Croatia in June (again, on two you again in Greece this coming summer! We 2017 LEAD CREWS 6 2018 BOAT SHOWS 4 dates only). haven’t decided which route we will be doing yet, but it will be a two week flotilla. As we roll into our 42nd year, with the arrival of yet more new yachts, our flotilla sailing holidays Cheers! have evolved considerably. The latest yacht designs are simply brilliant! IN THIS ISSUE... MEET THE TEAM... 16 04 Boat Shows - come and say g’day 06 2017 lead crews! 2 WEEK FARAWAY ISLANDS FLOTILLA 08 Past Lead Crews & Greek News 10 Barrie & Heidi’s Greek Island villa 12 Allan Barwell – Celebrating a life! 14 Reasons to be Cheerful NEW FOR 2018 16 Two Week Faraway Islands Flotilla 18 London office news 20 Barrie and Heidi visit the Argolic Gulf 22 Croatia Pop-Up 2017 Run Down 20 SNAPS & STORIES 25 New boat deliveries BARRIE & HEIDI VISIT THE ARGOLIC 26 The life of a Sailing Holidays Family 28 Stories from summer 2017 30 South Ionian Regatta 31 North Ionian Regatta 32 Our Photo Competition Win! YACHT CHARTER DIVISION 34 Independent Charter, Skippered Charter and Luxury Charter 35 Luxury Yacht Charter 36 Bex and Faye visit the Saronics! 38 Exploring new seas in Sardinia 38 MONEMVASIA EXPLORING SARDINIA 2 3 MEET THE TEAM COME & SAY HELLO... PAGE 4: Boat Shows PAGE 6: 2017 lead crews PAGE 8: Past Lead Crews & Greek News PAGE 10: Barrie and Heidi’s Greek Villa PAGE 12: Allan Barwell – Celebrating his Life! PAGE 14: Reasons to be cheerful COME AND SAY HELLO! LONDON BOAT SHOW RYA DINGHY SHOW SOUTHAMPTON BOAT SHOW EXCEL, LONDON ALEXANDRA PALACE, LONDON MAYFLOWER PARK/TOWN QUAY, SOUTHAMPTON 10TH - 14TH JANUARY 2018 3RD - 4TH MARCH 2018 14TH – 23RD SEPTEMBER 2018 southamptonboatshow.com STAND: WD017 www.rya.org.uk londonboatshow.com The RYA Dinghy show is always The Southampton Boat Show We didn’t want to break with an excellent opportunity for us to is becoming our busiest show tradition and held our 2017 The London Boat show definitely say hello to some of our current of the year! Many of you are G&T afternoon for flotilla sailors went off with a bang last year, flotilla sailors, but also to introduce planning further ahead to old and new! One couple even it was as ever, great to see so dinghy sailors to the joys of sailing ensure you get the yacht you popped in to say hello before many familiar faces coming in the Med. want in the place you want it. flying out to Greece that very to say hello. We had a mixture Some of you may have heard These evenings are very weekend. The step from dinghy sailing to With bookings coming in earlier of London Office staff and our about the big changes for pleasant for exchanging flotilla yacht sailing isn’t as big as some and earlier (a few of you The 2018 show is sure to be Greece team manning the the 2018 London Boat Show. tales and a great excuse to may think, once you know how have even paid your deposit a good one as it will be stand. We were overlooking The show will have a reduced reminisce on the warm days of the wind works there’s not really for 2020). September is fast celebrating its 50th year. the indoor boating lake which running time (only 5 days). We summer. too much else to it! We think a becoming the new January! helped a little to mellow our will be there as usual however, For those of you who didn’t flotilla holiday in the gentle waters winter blues. to bring a bit of Greek summer The sun managed to keep its spot our charity parking sign, of the Ionian is the safest way to to the ExCel Centre. hat on for most of the show look out for it in As always there was lots to try your hand at yacht sailing and this year and the yachts on the 2018 (close to see and do at the show with We will still be hosting our Fancy a G&T ? with the support of our flotilla lead water were once again a top the Red Funnel SUP (stand up paddleboard) late-night G&T’s on Thursday If so, come along to crews it couldn’t be simpler. our stand.... attraction. Ferry entrance). demos, safety talks and plenty evening, now the second day Once again, we will be bringing It is only available of yachts to explore. We were of the new format show. So 6PM ONWARDS the sunny shores of Greece to the at weekends and pleased so many of you came please come along and catch FANCY A G&T? Thursday 11th Jan Show in 2018, tickets are on sale all donations go to join us for Winter Sundowners up with fellow flotilla sailors old Visit us Sat 15th Sept on the Thursday late night. Stand number: now from the RYA website. to local charities. and new. WD017 4 5 OUR 2017 Lead crews SIROCCO - MATAS, ANNABEL & LAURA KALAMAS - RICH, CALUM & EMILY ATHINA - JAKE, BECKY & TOM SHORE-BASED TEAM - JAKE, PATCH, ROSIE & RALPH KYRA - BEN, PHOEBE & ALEX KIRKI - JACK, SAM & ABI ZEPHY - RUAIRIDH, SOPHIA AND JB DESSA - BILLY, DANIELLE & KIT DELPHI - GEORGE, WILL & ESME KAMARA - ADRIAN, ELPIDA - CHRIS, XAVIER & NIAMH HARRIET & CONNOR VASSIA - NETTY, BILLIE & COOKIE LOUTRAKI - MEGAN, TODD & ROB OUR RYA TRAINING TEAM HELEN - EOIN, HEATHER & YORKIE 6 7 KEFALOS - IVAN, LAUREN & GEORGE A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE 1981 BACK ON A JAG - SHE HASN’T PAST LEAD CREWS & GREEK NEWS... CHANGED A BIT FOR HOSTESS LAURIE! KAT & LOCKIE’S WEDDING In the early 80’s Barrie was Kirki Lead Crew Kat and Lockie See if you can spot any familiar A girl couldn’t of dreamt of a joined in the Ionian Islands by tied the knot in the beautiful faces...(Bex, Faye, JD, Sophia, more picturesque wedding and Canadian Hostie Laurie. They Salisbury countryside. It was Stavros - who used to be thin, the happy couple could not ran a flotilla of Jaguars around the most glorious day in June, Josh and Charlie). have had a more perfect day. Corfu and Paxos. reaching a scorching 30 It was a charming church We wish them all the best for Their reputation as a lead crew degrees! It was a great day where they said the all- the future and look forward to must have spread as they were for a few of us from the old important “I Do’s”, then a short many more reunions to come! soon approached to see if they Sailing Holidays Lead Crews to stroll down the road to Howards Yamas! would be interested in running 2017 get together and celebrate House Hotel for the reception. a flotilla in the Florida Keys. our wonderful mates getting By the end of 1982 that Now a travel consultant, this hitched! operation hadn’t worked year Laurie returned for the commercially, so Laurie first time to introduce Robert to decided to head back to sailing in Greece. ALL EX-FLOTILLA LEAD CREWS Canada. She subsequently They had a really nice catch up married fellow Vancouverian and even managed to get this Robert and they have two sons. snap on our remaining Jaguar Barrie set off for a new 27, Emerald Girl. Talk about adventure with the company in memory lane! 1982 Yugoslavia. ALEX AND EWEN BABY 2007 In Auckland on 6th January Rose has even 2017 ex-Hostie and Skipper duo, made it out Alex and Ewen welcomed Rose on the water SPORADES 2014 LEAD CREW into their family. already, we like CHARLIE, KAT AND LOCKIE to see the next They headed up the first of our generation Saronic Flotillas in 2008 along getting started AUGUST 2017 with Engineer Nik. nice and early. EX LEAD CREW KEFALOS CREW IN 2013 BABY NEWS! EX-HOSTIE FIONA’S FAMILY HIT THE HIGH SEAS FIONA BACK IN THE DAY On 4th March 2017 our Ex- Some of you may have had This year Fiona persuaded her Kefalos Lead Crew Sam and the pleasure of sailing on a sister Bryony to head out on Clodagh welcomed a baby flotilla with ex-Hostie Fiona. She their first Sailing Holidays flotilla. girl Ailish into the world. worked in Greece during the She was joined by husband We were lucky enough to summer seasons of 2008/09. Lee and their two children meet this little beauty at the Then she came ashore to work Joshua and Chloe.