Suitable mooring in Greece to meet a Courier van from UK? near Athens maybe?

[Max K]

On balance, I would use Kalamaki Marina (Alimos) but not leave the boat unattended for long. Most couriers know the place and he will probably use it for others too.

Max.

 

[charles_reed]

Ferry landing points from Italy: Corfu, Igoumenitsa (short ferry ride from Corfu), Patras. All have suitable yacht mooring facilities. Corfu has adequate English speaking yacht support; the other two are more ethnic.

Near Athens; Lavrion or Alimos marina. Both about 3 hours from Patras, 5 hours from Igoumenitsa. Yacht charter centres, large amount of engineering and yacht support with adequate English.

Southern Peloponnese; Kalamata marina. 3 hours from Patras, 5 hours from Igoumenitsa. Busy town, reliable American speaking engineering support, just adequate yacht support.

Ionian, Levkas/Nidri; 2 hours from Igoumenitsa. Busy yacht charter centre, large amount of English speaking yacht support and engineering support.

It's not so easy to find good support for yacht electronics outside the Athens area - though I may be a bit out of date on that.

My web site (jimbsail.info) gives more detail of the sites mentioned and links to marina web sites - where they exist!

Jim,
I was in Olympic, Lavrion, last September, and quite impressed by their electronics competence. Costly marina, but local market etc. Lavrion itself quite cheap.
I bought a year-old 2.6m inflatable-keel Hypalon dinghy there for €280 (the marine engineer on the L just before the town). Pre-owned by a Frenchman who found it to slow for his11-year-old.

 

[rivonia]

Jim,
I was in Olympic, Lavrion, last September, and quite impressed by their electronics competence. Costly marina, but local market etc. Lavrion itself quite cheap.
I bought a year-old 2.6m inflatable-keel Hypalon dinghy there for €280 (the marine engineer on the L just before the town). Pre-owned by a Frenchman who found it to slow for his11-year-old.

From a FRENCHMAN!!!!! Probably stolen then

 

[johnsutherland]

If going round the Pelepones and looking for an affordable and convenient delivery location then I would suggest Pilos, it is an excellent stop over town with an incomplete marina (2014), no charges, basically a very pleasant place to spend some days

 

[duncan99210]

Trouble with Pilos is that it's well out of the way for the van driver.....

We had no problems with either courier or post office deliveries in either Spain or Greece apart from Messilonghi before they got things sorted. I've used Vliho Yacht Club on many occassions, as they're very happy to accept parcels for you and will keep things for you if you can't make it on time for a delivery. And they do a good fish and chip supper to boot!