MIXit Sailing Holidays

We had a wonderful holiday in a great area. Found beautiful anchorages and did enjoy the sailing and the landfalls :-) Our boat was in good shape and the guys from the base were the friendliest and most helpful ever. We will surely come back to Nikiti and great Chalkidiki.

Hi Phil, We had a great time and thanks so much for organising everything and the extra transfers before and after our trip. Our family had a super sailing holiday on the Sporades. Phil was so helpful in organising our trip and our skipper Andy brought us to some beautiful places and adapted the route to visit locations that we wanted to see. Very relaxing and the boat had everything we needed. Lots of fun and great memories were made.

“For the second time we booked through MIXit sailing where Phil was very helpful in finding us a suitable yacht and arranging for it to be delivered to Skiathos. On arrival at the port (a very short taxi ride from the airport), we were met by Demitrious and did the necessary paperwork whilst we waiting for the yacht to be delivered from Volos (as expected). That also gave us a chance to get in supplies and were on board by late afternoon. The boat was very clean and spacious, despite us being a party of 8 and we were able to put the 5 cabins to good use. We chose to stay in Skiathos overnight and in the morning, we received a thorough briefing on the yacht which was in good order. There were a couple of minor issues which hadn’t been reported by the previous charterer, but these were quickly resolved by Demitrious and we were on our way. The yacht sailed and performed well during our week and we thoroughly enjoyed this fantastic sailing area which ranges from lively towns to deserted anchorages, especially in the nature reserve of Kyria Panagia. We were able to stay out on our last night returning to Skiathos first thing in the morning which meant we could enjoy an extra port on Skopelos. Overall an excellent holiday and we would certainly be happy to book through MIXit Sailing again.“

We had our sailing vacation at the last week of August. We were welcomed in Volos by Thanasi and Yannis, who are the Mixit Sailing representative there. Both guys were helpful, and detailed during the check in procedure. Boat features were explained well and understandable, emphasising to the more important matters. Check in went in good order and quick. The boat was already very well prepared, clean, with all components functioning properly for her age. We found that engine oil was at the lower limit and Yannis immediately ran to the store, brought new bottle to fill to max. and one for spare. During our trip we sailed about 210nm and quite many of them under engine, because of lack of enough wind, but we didn't see the oil level getting lower. Everything on the boat worked as expected, sails in good condition, furling mechanisms did not pose problems, provided being treated correctly, the two toilets were very good hit, so there was no que in the morning. The yacht sailed well and relatively fast, making 6-7 knots in 15kn. beam reach apparent wind. Pointing to the wind was also acceptable, taking into account her moderate draught of 1.65m. The lower draught let us to not worry so much when entering more shallow areas, like Steni Vala for example, and also to be able to anchor closer to shore. The galley located to PS along the side was very comfortable when using it in the port or at anchor, but when making seaway and there is chop of about 1m, the roll makes it more difficult to operate there. In a conclusion we were very much satisfied with the boat and Volos staff and would recommend this yacht to anyone who wants to have exiting, trouble free sailing trip for a budget price.