Drake Supper Club

Friend trips, well-fed.

The Drake Supper Club is the un-commercial side of SailChecker. Every year or so we charter a yacht somewhere we want to sail, fill it with friends, and run a trip the way we’d want to be hosted. Good food. Better wine. A route that earns its swim stops.

Spare berths get offered to SailChecker members at a real discount. The trade is simple: you give us honest feedback, model for the (low-key) filming crew when we ask, and write a review when you’re home. That’s the whole deal.

Running since 2021 — Athens, Croatia (twice), Sicily, and the BVI so far, with the shape barely changed: a chartered boat, a route decided on the day, and a fancy dress night that always turns up somewhere on the itinerary.

…stunning natural beauty, exquisite food and wine, watersports — and best of all, great company.

The trips

Six logged. One open. Two on their way.

Anchorage off a British Virgin Islands beach — the region BVI '27 sails Coming · 2027

BVI ’27

Tortola · Virgin Gorda · Anegada

Trade-wind sailing through the British Virgin Islands. Drake’s Anchorage (yes, really), Foxy’s, Anegada lobster.

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A Drake trip catamaran under sail in Greece Coming · ’26 (TBC)

Kavala ’26

Northern Greece · Thasos · Samothraki

All genders welcome — excluding men. 🙂 Same Drake shape, a different set of voices around the table. Pitched as a training week: hands on the helm, lines in your hands, MOB drills. Date locks when the cabins fill.

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Palermo, Sicily — the region Sicily '26 sails Active · Oct 2026

Sicily ’26

Northern Sicily · Aeolian Islands

Early October, exact week TBC. Eight cabins around a Sun Odyssey 440, Stromboli at sunset, granita for breakfast.

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Logged · May 2026

Croatia ’26

Split · Central Dalmatia

Split to Šolta, Hvar, Vis, Korčula and Zlatni Rat beach on Brač. Early May sunshine, empty anchorages, Diocletian’s Palace to send everyone home.

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Logged · Oct 2025

Greek Odyssey ’25

Athens · Saronic Gulf · Cyclades

Seven days, six islands, one Oceanis 46.1. Hydra, Kythnos hot springs, Sounion at sunset. Fancy dress night returned, predictably.

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Logged · Nov 2023

BVI ’23

Tortola · Leeward Islands

Ten days out of Hodge’s Creek Marina, split 50/50 between Chris and Iain Stiles — the same co-organiser now on Sicily ’26. Blackbeard’s old cruising ground.

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Drake Supper Club guests in Palermo, Sicily '23 Logged · Oct 2023

Sicily ’23

Palermo · Tyrrhenian coast (catamaran)

The trip that gave us most of the photos — and the lesson that monohulls beat cats under sail. Birra Messina, charcuterie in Lipari boats, Nina the Piaggio Ape.

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Drake Supper Club guest aboard, Trogir in the background, Croatia '22 Logged · Apr/May 2022

Croatia ’22

Trogir · Southern Dalmatian Islands

2–3 Jeanneau SunLoft 47 Monocats, new to the fleet that year. Guests ran their own Motherwatch alongside the volunteer Drake rep.

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Looking out over the Saronic Gulf at sunset, Athens '21 Logged · Oct 2021

Athens ’21

Athens · Saronic Gulf

Aegina, Agistri, Epidavros, Poros, Hydra, Methana — a week round the Saronic Gulf out of Alimos. Fancy dress on the boats at Epidavros, a formal dinner in Poros as one week’s guests handed over to the next.

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