Hi Jeannius, thanks for the heads up - that is pretty shocking. It is our intention to join a Sunsail flotilla and I'm not sure we will go through with the trip if that should prove not to be an option.
We did one prior trip in the Ionian with three boats and a lead boat. I don't know how I would have handled the communication with harbor masters myself, or how some of the overnights where boats were rafted up into small harbors would have worked out.
I have to trust that the flotilla crew have the local knowledge and local relationships to at least keep the surprises to a minimum and costs somewhat under control.
Add to that that unless we find people that want to join us, it would just be my wife and I on a Sunsail 424 (4-cabin L42), I'm not sure we could handle the mooring procedures without the possibility of help.
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