As a
family we have
bareboat chartered Greece (Ionian and Peloponnese),
Croatia,
Turkey, South of
France and Majorca- truly you are spoiled for choice and will have a wonderful time... as has been suggested, you could easily spend long periods in any one of these areas, especially the Eastern Med.
What is your nationality, mabedicha? As Brits/South Africans with plans to retire in 2024 to commence long term
live aboard life, starting in the Eastern Med, our cruising wings have just been clipped to 90/180 days due to Brexit... so bear in mind, if you are non-EU, that you will have to leave the Schengen EU waters every 90 days. That doesn’t affect your berthing in the short term plans you have (unless you plan to sail more than 90 days in any given 180 in the same area) as the boat can stay even if you can’t, but once you are up and running, long term berthing plans may be affected. Brexit has certainly forced us to review our cruising and berthing plans, although it’s not a deal breaker for our Med plans by any means... there are plenty of non-EU yachts cruising the Med, we will live mostly at
anchor and we will simply plan our routes according to 90 day windows.
Winter becomes more problematic if we want to berth and live in a Marina for more than 90 days, however. Your plans suggest the desire to move on to new territories regularly but remember to factor in the 90/180
rule if you are non-EU. (I’m happy to stand corrected by others who have a better handle than me on the whole issue of 90/180, but this is my understanding to the best of my knowledge - I just thought it’s a topic worth mentioning).