Cruising the Med in August

[Zing]

A good idea or not?

Where to go to avoid getting too hot?

Where to go to avoid holiday season, overcrowded, overpriced transient berth costs?

Where to go where you can anchor in anchorages that are not full at 10:00 am, but still fun and pleasant?

Any other high season tips to make for a good time?

 

[Sea Change]

We've only been as far as the Balearics and based on our experience, I wouldn't choose August to cruise there.
We found a spot in the anchorage in Pollensa, Mallorca, and barely moved for six weeks until silly season was over.
We tried visiting a nearby cala for the day and thirty boats ended up anchored in there. In Scotland you'd have called it a one boat anchorage. Everybody on very short scope and fenders out. We got hit by a big mobo causing major damage to the dinghy which was in the davits.

Hopefully there are other parts of the Med which are less crazy in the summer.

 

[Halcyon Yachts]

We chartered in Croatia last August... I know, a bit of a busman's holiday!

Nowhere near as busy as I'd expected and very nice indeed. Perfect temperature as well!

Pete

 

[Roberto]

Algeria, though I reckon it would be hot.

 

[Buck Turgidson]

It’s hot everywhere in August. Unbearable at times.

 

[mjcoon]

It’s hot everywhere in August. Unbearable at times.

Yes, so keeping north may be best bet. E.g. Pula (Croatia), though I have not been there for a decade or more... If there is a hot spell it could be well-broken by a massive thunderstorm, though!

I should have mentioned that Pula has an impressive amphitheatre, but admittedly we were there in early June, not August! Looking back at photos we've been in July and September, not August. We went to Yugoslavia in late August in both 1983 and 1990 but I'm afraid I don't even remember where to.

 

[Zing]

We chartered in Croatia last August... I know, a bit of a busman's holiday!

Nowhere near as busy as I'd expected and very nice indeed. Perfect temperature as well!

Pete

A lovely video.Very well done and thank you!

 

[Zing]

Yes, so keeping north may be best bet. E.g. Pula (Croatia), though I have not been there for a decade or more... If there is a hot spell it could be well-broken by a massive thunderstorm, though!

I should have mentioned that Pula has an impressive amphitheatre, but admittedly we were there in early June, not August! Looking back at photos we've been in July and September, not August. We went to Yugoslavia in late August in both 1983 and 1990 but I'm afraid I don't even remember where to.

June is a good month, I know that already.

Yugoslavia (which of course doesn’t exist anymore) was a wonderful destination for a while.

 

[RupertW]

I’ve been boiled alive in June and been fine in August and the other way round. We always cruised in August and always found spaces and enjoyed the breezes.

 

[ylop]

A good idea or not?

Where to go to avoid getting too hot?

Where to go to avoid holiday season, overcrowded, overpriced transient berth costs?

Where to go where you can anchor in anchorages that are not full at 10:00 am, but still fun and pleasant?

Any other high season tips to make for a good time?

You implied in the other thread that you were taking your own boat (as it would have a red ensign)? That must make quite a difference as Croatia is a long way under your own steam…

 

[Zing]

No it’s not. Unless you are making the wild assumption it is located in the outer Hebrides, then you might be right, but that would be a foolish and baseless assumption. The boat is in southern Italy.

 

[Zing]

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[Zing]

You implied in the other thread that you were taking your own boat (as it would have a red ensign)? That must make quite a difference as Croatia is a long way under your own steam…

No it’s not. Unless you are making the wild assumption it is located in the outer Hebrides, then you might be right, but that would be a foolish and baseless assumption. The boat is in southern Italy.

 

[ylop]

No it’s not. Unless you are making the wild assumption it is located in the outer Hebrides, then you might be right, but that would be a foolish and baseless assumption. The boat is in southern Italy.

Kind of feels like that would have been a useful bit of information to include in this post, no?

And that the opening line of your ICC thread being “I will be sailing the Med this year for the first=st time in decades.” might have given people the impression the boat was not in the Med already?

Now it’s possible that these are just communication errors but a more cynical internet user might think you were intentionally seeking controversy!

 

[HenrikH]

From southern Italy, the closest low cost, not crowded option may be Tunisia. Bizerte has a nice marina. Coast guard, customs and border police are a bit more demanding that normal. Another low cost opportunity in the vicinity is Albania. I cannot recommend the port in Durres.

 

[Wansworth]

rias Bajas,galicia

 

[Slowboat35]

Where to go to avoid getting too hot?

Where to go to avoid holiday season, overcrowded, overpriced transient berth costs?

The Baltic?

 

[Bouba]

No it’s not. Unless you are making the wild assumption it is located in the outer Hebrides, then you might be right, but that would be a foolish and baseless assumption. The boat is in southern Italy.

August is high summer everywhere in the Med...but obviously the further north you go the cooler it gets....for example I’ve been in the sea in Cyprus during August and you sweat in the water....but the south of France is still quite refreshing