Maritime Stories from Greece: Yachts and the Aegean

Aerial view along the cliff coast of Folegandros at low sun, with a bare rock headland dropping sheer into deep blue water and a further island on the hazy horizon

The Rafnar from Ammoudi Bay, and the helicopter into Folegandros

Folegandros has no airport and no cruise links, so Gundari runs the two private ways in itself: a Rafnar 45 from Santorini’s Ammoudi Bay, and helicopter transfers from Athens and the neighbouring islands.

4 October 2026

Nafplio seen from the walls of Palamidi: the red-tiled roofs of the old town, large sailing yachts and motor yachts lying along the waterfront quay, the Bourtzi fortress on its islet and the Argolic Gulf beyond

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Nafplio Marina, below Palamidi, took its first boats in August 2026

26 August 2026

An aerial view of Gouvia Bay on Corfu, a large marina packed with white yachts along parallel pontoons on the far shore, a wooded peninsula of villas and pools in the foreground, and a hillside town behind

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Gouvia Marina, Corfu: 104 new berths for yachts to 50 metres

23 July 2026

The white superyacht Emerald Kaia at anchor on calm blue water, her name lettered on the bow, a black tender alongside her lowered platform and a long mountainous coast on the horizon behind

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Emerald Kaia’s maiden voyage: nine Greek calls in 11 days

11 July 2026

The yacht Four Seasons I under way on calm water at sunset, her white hull and dark glass funnel lit from the side, with a long mountainous coastline and low islands on the horizon behind her

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Four Seasons I: a first Greek season from Athens

5 July 2026

A rendering of the rebuilt marina at sunset, yachts moored along floating piers inside a breakwater, low wave-roofed buildings lining the quay and the Saronic Gulf beyond

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Agios Kosmas: a marina rebuilt as The Ellinikon Marina

26 June 2026

An elevated view of the New Port at Tourlos, a long concrete ferry mole with terminal buildings running out into the sea, a motor yacht lying alongside the inner quay and a marina basin of floating pontoons and small craft behind it

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Tourlos Marina on Mykonos: repairs to the quay wall, ramp and bollards

10 June 2026

An aerial view of the Port of Corfu with the planned marina drawn over the water in translucent blue, an outer breakwater enclosing a basin of finger piers beside the existing quays

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Corfu Mega Yachts Marina: 410 berths, up to 140 metres

1 June 2026

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Golden Yachts O'Ceanis: an 85-metre diesel-electric yacht at Perama

29 May 2026

An aerial view over scrub hillside to the bay at Ermioni, the town on its low peninsula, and a marina of floating piers filled with yachts along the near shore

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Ermioni marina: 256 berths for yachts of up to 60 metres

26 May 2026

An aerial view of the dark-blue yacht Luminara lying at anchor on calm water below a steep cliff-backed coastal town, her tiered white terraces stepped along the hull and a floating platform extended at the stern

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Luminara’s first Aegean season: eight ports in seven nights

23 May 2026

Aerial view of Alimos Marina on the Attic coast, its jetties packed with white yachts inside a long breakwater, with the deep blue Saronic Gulf and distant hills beyond

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Alimos Marina: the permits behind a €100 million rebuild

20 May 2026

The white tri-deck motor yacht O'Madeleine under way on open water, her name on the hull and a mountainous coastline behind

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Golden Yachts O'Madeleine: a 60-metre yacht built at Perama

Golden Yachts delivered the 60-metre O'Madeleine from its yard on the edge of Piraeus on 15 July 2025. She carries 12 guests, with an exterior by Studio Vafiadis and interiors led by Massari Design

14 May 2026

A rendering of a mega-yacht marina filling a deep bay, ranks of yachts on floating pontoons, low green-roofed buildings along the shore and the wooded islands of the inner Ionian in the distance

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The Nautilus Project at Astakos: strategic status for 350 yacht berths

On 4 March 2025 the Interministerial Committee admitted the 524-million-euro Nautilus Project to the strategic regime. Of its 350 berths, 105 are drawn for yachts above 40 metres

10 April 2026

A yellow and dark blue travel lift standing empty on the concrete hardstanding of the yard, orange and blue lifting strops hanging from its beam, with the container cranes of Piraeus behind and two white motor yachts ashore to the right.

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GY Shipyard, the refit yard Golden Yachts built for itself

31 July 2025