Sat 13 – 20th June 2026
Corfu, Greece

6 yachts. 1 week. The Ionian Sea.

Join us on our flagship annual sailing trip in summer 2026, as we follow in the steps of Odysseus and voyage across the Ionian Sea. We’ll visit the islands of Corfu, Paxos, and Antipaxos, as well as stopping at a selection of coastal towns on the Greek mainland.

It’s our pleasure to introduce our brand new route for 2026: Ionian Odyssey.

Untouched, secluded swimming spots in sandy bays. Historic Greek towns. Great sailing conditions. A private sailing yacht with your friends.

In June 2026, our flotilla will set sail from near Corfu Town to explore the beautiful islands of the Northern Ionian – visiting Paxos, Corfu, and Antipaxos, as well as selected Venetian towns on the coast of mainland Greece (including beautiful Parga and Syvota). We’ll finish back where we started at Marina Benitses one week later. Get ready for untouched sandy bays, incredibly rich cultural history, and some fantastic sailing on the Ionian Sea. It’s a route well known to us, and we can’t wait to go back.

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Bring friends.

For this route, we have secured six 45ft+ sailing yachts.

Each yacht hosts 8 guests (in 4 double cabins) plus a Summer Yachting skipper. We have approximately 45 guest places available.

Cabins are booked as groups of two – so sign up with a friend or partner and claim your place. Full groups of eight are also welcome.

Whether you are an experienced sailor, or if it’s your first time ever onboard a boat – everyone is welcome.

Pricing & Payment

New Members

Welcome! We’d love to have you onboard for the first time! We’ve tried to answer everything here, but if you have any questions, feel free to send us an email anytime and we’ll get right back to you.

Returning Members

We can’t wait to have you back! You’ll hear about the trip before anyone else, and for each new member you bring with you on the trip, we’ll give you £20 towards your own booking as a thank you.

How Does Booking Work?

The price to join this trip is £750pp. This covers everything, apart from flights, food, drinks, and the occasional optional activity (e.g. if you choose to go paddleboarding or dinghy sailing one day).

We’ll announce that bookings are open via our email newsletter. Places are then allocated on a “first-come, first-served” basis according to when you fill in the booking form – last year’s 2025 trip sold out in two days.

After you fill out the booking form, the Summer Yachting Ltd bank details will be shared with you by email. There are three payments, spread across the year, beginning with a booking deposit (£150) to confirm your place. After that, you can wait for each payment date, or pay the balance at any time.

TRIP PROFILE

THIS IS THE IDEAL TRIP FOR YOU, IF YOU ARE:

Aged between 20 to ~30
Adventurous
Curious about sailing
Interested in visiting new places
Friendly
Capable of living in the close company of others for a week
As curious about culture as you are about the best party spots

(If you’ve read this far, this trip is probably for you.)

TRIP: Summer Yachting: Ionian Odyssey (SY26)
LOCATION: Corfu, Greece

START & END LOCATION: Marina Benitses, Corfu
NEAREST AIRPORT: Corfu, Greece (CFU).

START DATE: Saturday 13th June 2026, 1800
END DATE: Saturday 20th June 2026, 1000
(Our last night onboard will be in the same marina we started in, and we’ll check out of the yachts on the Saturday morning.)
DURATION: 1 week

YACHTS: 6
PLACES: 45 available (at trip launch)
SKIPPERS: 6 (one per yacht)

PRICE: £750

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FAQ

Everyone.
If you’re reading this, you are invited! Summer Yachting trips are open to all, we welcome everyone. Sign up, and bring friends (two or three, or a whole boatful).
No sailing experience is required (and if you’d like to learn, we will happily teach you).
We hope to welcome a substantial group of returning guests who have sailed with us in previous years, along with a new cohort of fresh sailors, who might be completely new to this.
Each yacht has 4 cabins, each of which is shared between two people.
For this reason, we recommend joining as a duo, either with a close friend, or a partner.
Joining as a friend group tends to work best in our experience and we will make sure you are all onboard the same yacht. If you can pull a group of 8 people together, we will arrange a yacht just for you.
There are three bathrooms (“heads”) onboard each yacht.
Along with food & drink and the occasional optional activity, flights are not included in your booking.
This is to allow total flexibility – guests tend to fly from all over the UK, and many choose to travel in the country before or after the trip.
For SY26 in Corfu, the most logical airport to fly to is Corfu, Greece (CFU). You should aim to arrive in Corfu Town for 1800 on Saturday 13th June 2026. We recommend Skyscanner or similar for finding flights. Further travel information will be shared closer to the trip dates.
Feel like you're missing some information that you need before you can book?
Send us an email, and we’ll get right back to you. You can also take a look at our substantial FAQ page (built up over the last few years!).