Our captains argued about this list for a week — publishing an anchorage is how you lose it. In the end we agreed on five, with exact approaches held back for guests. Consider this the trailer.
1 · The Cathedral (Ionian)
A limestone amphitheatre with a slit of an entrance and water so clear the anchor looks close enough to touch from ten metres down. Arrive before ten, leave by two — the light inside at midday is the whole point.
2 · Goat Bay (Sporades)
Named for its only residents. A crescent of shingle, one taverna with four tables, and a night sky with no competition for fifty miles. Stern-to the rocks, dinner ashore, sleep with the hatch open.
3 · The Blue Room (Vis)
Swim the last hundred metres through a sea cave into a chamber that glows electric blue. Tender-only, mornings only, and worth every bit of the early start.
4 · Fig Cove (Peloponnese)
Wild figs overhang the water and the holding is perfect sand. There is nothing here — no bar, no jetty, no signal — which is precisely the review every guest gives it: five stars, nothing here.
5 · Smuggler's Rest (Caribbean)
Our winter base keeps one card close: a leeward bight with a beach bar that has no road, no menu and no closing time. You can only arrive wet — swim, kayak or tender.
“Publish an anchorage and you lose it. So sail them with us instead — we'll show you, but we won't tell.” — Capt. Jonah Reid
