Lefkas is the busiest charter base in the Ionian and the reason is geography. It sits behind a canal on the inside of the island, an hour from Preveza airport, with the whole southern Ionian within a day's sail and shelter almost everywhere. More first bareboat weeks leave from here than from anywhere else in Greece.
What a Lefkas catamaran costs
Istion Yachting lists an Excess 14 of 2024 from 4.950 EUR a week out of Lefkas, offered bareboat or skippered, against a Bali Catspace of 2023 from 3.510 out of Athens. Nautilus Yachting, which bases boats in the Ionian, publishes a low season two to three cabin monohull around 900 pounds a week and a high season skippered luxury catamaran upwards of 10,000.
Where a Lefkas yacht charter week goes
South through the Meganisi channel to Kalamos and Kastos, then to Ithaca and Kefalonia, and back up by Sivota and Vasiliki. Sixty to eighty nautical miles over six days with no leg over about twenty, and a harbour or a sheltered bay within reach at all times. The afternoon breeze is a reliable force three to five and dies at dusk.
Why it suits a first charter
Short hops, no tide, shelter in every direction and a mistake that costs an hour rather than a day. The Ionian is sheltered from the meltemi that dominates the Aegean, so a July week here is comfortable where the same week in the Cyclades is work. Charter companies send inexperienced crews here deliberately and the boats are stocked accordingly.
The canal and the bridge
Lefkas is reached through a canal with a floating bridge that opens on the hour. It is the one piece of timing a Lefkas week requires, on the way out and again on the way back, and crews who plan a late Friday return sometimes find themselves waiting. Build it into the last day rather than discovering it.
Questions people ask about catamaran charter lefkas
How much is a catamaran charter from Lefkas?
Istion Yachting lists an Excess 14 of 2024 from 4.950 EUR a week out of Lefkas, offered bareboat or skippered, read on 11 September 2026.
Where do you sail from Lefkas?
South through the Meganisi channel to Kalamos and Kastos, then Ithaca and Kefalonia, back by Sivota and Vasiliki: sixty to eighty nautical miles over six days.
Is Lefkas good for a first charter?
It is the usual choice. Short hops, no tide, shelter everywhere and protection from the meltemi that dominates the Aegean.
What is the Lefkas canal bridge?
A floating bridge on the canal into Lefkas that opens on the hour. It is the one timing constraint of a Lefkas week, on the way out and on the way back.