Skantzoura sailing vacations
Skantzoura is a small uninhabited island. The only structure on it is an old hermitage, now abandoned.
It is a very pleasant still an isolated place.
It is a Greek island in the Sporades.
The island is located about 25 to 30 km east-southeast of the main island of Alonissos.
Skantzoura is within the Marine Park which was established a few years ago to protect marine life and particularly the highly endangered Mediterranean seal.
All fishing is strictly forbidden. Yachts can stay for only one night.
The organization for the preservation of the Mediterranean Seal, Monachus Monachus or as it is locally known, MOm, patrols the Marine Park and enforces its regulations.
There are three anchorages at Skantzoura bay, on the W side of the island that afford some protection from the meltemi.
All are exposed to the W. The bottom is sand and weed and provides reasonable holding.
or an overnight, it is best to get near the shore and take a shore line to a rock, in addition to the anchor.
There are many unmarked low lying islets and reefs at the entrance to Skantzoura bay.
Entry to and exit from the bay after dark is dangerous.