Lefkas Marina sits at the north end of the Lefkada canal and is the hub of the southern Ionian charter fleet. From here the classic circuit — Meganisi, Kalamos, Ithaca, Cephalonia, Fiskardo — is all within short comfortable hops, which is exactly why this is the busiest turnaround base in the sea and why the fleet size here is far larger than the island suggests.

Lefkada is also the unusual Greek island you can reach by road: a causeway and floating bridge join it to the mainland, so a delivery here does not depend on a ferry in the way that Mykonos or Santorini does. For provisioning that is a significant advantage and it is worth knowing about when you are planning where in Greece to store properly.

Turnaround provisioning is its own discipline — a fleet changing guests on the same Saturday, everything needed at once, nobody with any slack. We plan to the changeover date rather than the order date, deliver ahead of it where we can, and would rather be two days early than an hour late. Orders travel on EU logistics from our French cellar, typically three to four working days.

The wines of this coast suit the sailing. Robola from Cephalonia across the water is the local white worth carrying; Mavrodaphne from the Peloponnese opposite is the traditional sweet red; and the mainland Nemea vineyards are close enough that Agiorgitiko is genuinely regional here. Alongside them we carry the full international list, openly priced with tasting notes.