Salt · Sweat · Silence
Seven days sailing the Tuscan islands. Six guests, one yacht, daily yoga — and everything included.
Sailed and refined with real crews around Elba, June 2026.
Week 1
| June 2027 | |||||||
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| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Week 2full moon
| June 2027 | |||||||
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| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
Week 3
| June 2027 | |||||||
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| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
Early bird €2,200 — book by January 31, 2027
Marina: Porto Santo Stefano · Tuscany, Italy · max 6 guests per week
The Week
Porto Santo Stefano is home port — a fishing town on the Tuscan coast, 90 minutes from Rome. From there: Giglio, then around Elba — Porto Azzurro, Fetovaia, the Pomonte wreck, Marciana Marina, Portoferraio — a sunrise passage back, and Talamone. Four nights at anchor, three in marinas. You always know which is which.
The Route
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The Daily Rhythm
The wind reshuffles the days, never the rhythm.
Sunday to Sunday
Porto Santo Stefano → Talamone
Welcome pizza ashore, safety briefing, yin yoga on the wooden pier
Talamone → Porto Azzurro (Elba)
The long leg — lunch at sea, first sailing lessons, dinner in town
Porto Azzurro → Fetovaia
Market breakfast ashore, easy sail, beach afternoon and swim session
Fetovaia → Pomonte wreck → Marciana Marina
Beach yoga on an empty beach, snorkel the shipwreck, showers & laundry
Marciana Marina → Biodola → Portoferraio
Bakery pastries, swim stop, fortress walk, dinner on the terrace
Night sail: Portoferraio → Giglio
Off the pier at 04:00 — sunrise at sea, pancakes, a swim in open water, ceremony night
Giglio → Porto Santo Stefano
Morning beach yoga, home leg, farewell dinner and closing circle
= set-menu restaurant dinner ashore, included in the price.
The boat: a well-kept 44-foot sailing yacht — 4 cabins, 6 guests, 2 hosts. Small enough to feel like yours.
Showers & laundry: marina nights are days 4, 5 and 7 — plus the sea, and the boat-shower ritual you will come to love.
The highlight: one sunrise passage, off the pier at 04:00. Banana pancakes underway. Nobody has ever regretted it.
June on the Water
What the Tyrrhenian usually serves in June — measured, not promised.
Wind
- Thermal sea breeze on two lobes — SSE and NW — not weather fronts
- Three mornings in four start near-calm
- Up to Force 4 on the lively days
The breeze fills in after lunch, right on schedule — enough to sail properly, not enough to spill your coffee.
Sea State
- Nine June days in ten top out under a metre
Mornings mostly glass, an easy ripple after lunch. If it ever looks like more, we reef early and pick the calm side of the island.
Temperature
Warm days, mild nights, one thin blanket. The water: a short gasp on entry, a long grin after — and it climbs week by week.
Sun & Sky
- ≈ 14 h of direct sun a day in the record
- ≈ 4 rain days in a typical June
First light before six, last past nine. Sunrise practice and golden-hour dinners are not a promise — they are the latitude.
Night Sky
Week 2 sails under the full moon — the Friday night passage becomes ceremony night.
Week 1 and the tail of Week 3 anchor under dark skies — Milky Way over the masthead.
Ten Junes of records (2016–2025) from these exact waters — wind, waves and sun from the weather archive, water temperature from the last three summers (2023–2025). An estimate, not a forecast: the sea keeps her own counsel. If the weather turns, we change the route, never the rhythm.
Salt · Sweat · Silence
Three elements. One week. Nothing to organise but yourself.
We sail the Tyrrhenian Sea — Giglio, Elba, hidden coves. No experience needed: you learn the furler, the winches, the helm from day one. By day two or three, you are steering to a course.
Why it works
- You cannot control the wind — only trim your sails
- A crew that trusts itself moves quietly
- Competence is the fastest route to presence
On the water
- A sail leg most days (2–5 hours), everyone participates
- Real instruction: sails, lines, helm, reading the wind
- One sunrise passage — off the pier at 04:00, pancakes underway
Daily yoga, adapted to wind and anchorage: a dynamic morning practice and a yin evening — on an empty beach at seven, on a wooden pier, on deck in a calm bay. All levels welcome.
Why it works
- The boat rocks you into your body anyway
- Salt water is the best savasana
- Practice that bends with the weather actually happens
The practice
- Morning practice where the day allows — beach, pier, or deck
- Yin & meditation at sunset, most evenings
- All levels — the teacher adapts to the group and the weather
Four nights at anchor in quiet bays. Low-alcohol evenings, a candle ceremony under the full moon, afternoons with nothing scheduled. Downtime is not a gap in the program — it is the program.
Why it works
- A bay at anchor is the quietest bedroom you will ever have
- Silence is easier when the day earned it
- The pause is where the week settles in
The stillness
- At anchor by four most days — swim, read, rest, nothing
- Quiet evenings: candles, decaf, conversation or none
- Week 2 sails under the June full moon
Everything Included
Unpack once. Never reach for a wallet.
Three Weeks
Week 1: June 6–13, 2027
Week 2: June 13–20, 2027
Week 3: June 20–27, 2027
Location
Porto Santo Stefano, Tuscany, Italy
Giglio & Elba, Tyrrhenian Sea
One Price
€2,400 all-inclusive
Early bird €2,200 — book by January 31, 2027
In the price
- 7 nights aboard — bedding, sheets, and two towels per guest (salt + fresh)
- All meals: cooked aboard + set-menu restaurant dinners on town evenings
- All berth & marina fees — every port night is on us
- Sodas, water, coffee and tea on board, all week
- Daily yoga and full sailing instruction
- Snorkel gear, paddleboards, floaties, safety briefing
Not included: travel to Porto Santo Stefano, travel insurance, personal shopping.
No kitty. No surprises.
Most yoga-sailing offers quote a headline price — then add a board kitty on site, dinners ashore, and linen on top.
The usual offer
- Headline price + a €200–300 “board kitty” collected on the boat
- Restaurant dinners ashore: pay your own, every time
- Marina fees, fuel, sometimes even linen — extra
- The real price reveals itself day by day
Salt Sweat Silence
- One price. Unpack once, never reach for a wallet
- Set-menu dinners ashore included — all of them
- Berths, towels, sheets, drinks aboard: included
- The only money you might spend is on gelato
The Cabins
One yacht, four cabins — six guests and two hosts per week. Cabins are confirmed after your call.
Shared double
included
Two guests per cabin, matched same-gender. How most solo travellers sail.
Aft cabin — private bathroom
+ €200 per person
The one cabin with its own bathroom. First come, first served.
Couples
included
A double cabin to yourselves — just tell us in the application.
Food & Drink
- Vegetarian and meat/fish tracks — tell us in the application, allergies welcome
- Cooked aboard with fresh Italian provisioning; set menus ashore on town nights
- A low-alcohol week: good non-alcoholic options aboard, a glass of wine at dinner ashore if you like — this is not a party boat
Payment
50% deposit on acceptance
Balance due 30 days before your week
Cancellation terms are in the FAQ below. Travel insurance is required.
The Boat
A Bavaria 46 — the small, beautiful floating home. Tap your way around the plan.
Master cabin
includedThe bow cabin — a real island double, first light through the fore hatch, the anchor chain for an alarm clock.
Shade from the bimini, power from the sun on the stern, water from the tanks we fill in port. A boat, not a hotel — and that is exactly the point.
The Duffel
One soft duffel, one backpack — everything below fits, and that is the point. Tap through what the week actually needs.
On deck
0 / 5 packedWhat you wear while the boat is working: wind on the nose, sun overhead, teak underfoot.
Already aboard — don’t pack it
- Bedding, sheets & two towels per guest — salt and fresh
- Snorkel gear, paddleboards, floaties
- Water, sodas, coffee & tea for the whole week
- All safety gear, from lifejackets to the briefing
Happier at home
- The hard suitcase — it can wait in the car ashore
- Hair dryer & straighteners — the battery budget is sunlight
- Heels — teak decks say no
- The laptop — the silence is the point
- Anything you would mind the sea touching
Hard suitcases don’t fit a dinghy or a cabin — a soft duffel does. The full list, refined aboard with the June 2026 crews, comes with your confirmation.
Your Hosts
Two people whose whole job is your week.
Silvio — skipper & host
Licensed skipper. These are his home waters — this exact route was sailed and refined with real crews in June 2026.
Teaching is the joy of it: by day two or three, guests helm, trim and read the wind themselves.
Safety first, always: briefing on day one, dinghy standby at the wreck, reef early, arrive calm.
Your yoga teacher
A certified yoga instructor completes the crew — morning practice, yin evenings, adapted daily to wind and anchorage.
Announcement soon.
Is This Your Week?
This is your week if…
- You want to actually learn to sail — helm, lines, anchor — not just watch
- You are a comfortable swimmer and happy getting in and out of a dinghy
- You can pack a week into a duffel and a backpack
- Quiet evenings at anchor under the stars sound like the point, not the price
- You are curious about daily yoga — any level, including none
- You can share a small, beautiful floating home with five strangers
Probably not, if…
- You are looking for a served cruise — cabin service, someone else does everything
- You want a party week — this one is low-alcohol by design
- A day without a hot shower is a dealbreaker (marina showers are days 4, 5 and 7)
- Your suitcase is non-negotiable (hard cases do not fit in a dinghy)
- You would rather not take part in sailing the boat
Not sure which side you land on? Apply anyway — the 20-minute call exists exactly for that, and it goes both ways.
Voices From On Board
From the crewed week around Elba, June 2026.
It didn’t feel like too many long days — the perfect amount of downtime. The beach afternoon, the morning sail starting at four… that was fun.
I’d definitely do at least one morning or night sail. Sunrise at sea is worth the alarm.
By the end they were steering to a course and reading the wind. Real relaxed sea people.
How Booking Works
Why apply first?
Six guests on one boat for a week — fit matters more than a fast checkout. So we choose each other: you tell us about yourself, we talk for twenty minutes, and both sides decide. It keeps the week special for everyone on board.
The Process
You apply
A 5-minute form — who you are, which week, what you’re hoping for
We talk
A 20-minute video call: your questions, our honest picture of the week
Decision within 3 days
Both directions — you’ll hear from us either way
Deposit secures your cabin
50% on acceptance, balance 30 days before departure. Then: info pack + packing list
Applications are open now. Rolling admissions — each week closes when six guests are confirmed. Early bird until January 31, 2027.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need sailing experience?
No. Most guests arrive with none. You need willingness to take part — everyone crews — and we teach you everything from the first afternoon. The skipper is licensed and these are his home waters.
What level of yoga do I need?
Any level, including complete beginner. The practice adapts to the group: a dynamic morning session and a gentle yin evening, adjusted daily to wind and anchorage. It is a rhythm, not a bootcamp.
Where do I shower?
Marina nights are days 4, 5 and 7 — proper showers and laundry. Anchor nights, the sea is your bathtub and the boat-shower ritual (soap on deck, rinse in the bay, fresh-water finish) takes about two minutes and converts almost everyone.
What is really included? What are the hidden costs?
There are none — that is the whole idea. All meals (including set-menu restaurant dinners ashore), all berth fees, drinks aboard, bedding and towels, yoga, sailing instruction and gear are in the price. Not included: travel to Porto Santo Stefano, travel insurance, and personal shopping.
What about food and alcohol?
Vegetarian and meat/fish tracks, fresh Italian provisioning, allergies accommodated — tell us in the application. It is a low-alcohol week: good non-alcoholic options aboard, a glass of wine with dinner ashore if you like. Not a party boat.
What is the cabin situation?
Four cabins: six guests plus two hosts. Solo travellers share a double cabin, matched same-gender. Couples get their own cabin. The aft cabin with private bathroom is available for +€200 per person, first come first served.
How much can I bring?
One carry-on-sized duffel plus a backpack. Hard suitcases do not fit in a dinghy or a cabin — if you must travel with one, it can stay in the car ashore while you repack into a duffel on day one. A full packing list comes with your confirmation.
What is the weather like in June?
Warm days (25–30°C), gentle to fresh winds, clear skies, sea warm enough to swim daily. We reef early and plan conservatively — if the sea looks rough, we adjust the route, never the rhythm.
How do I get to Porto Santo Stefano?
Fly to Rome (Fiumicino or Ciampino), then train or bus to Porto Santo Stefano — about 90 minutes. Detailed travel instructions come with your confirmation. Embarkation is Sunday from 10:00; departure the following Sunday at 08:00.
What if I need to cancel?
More than 60 days before departure: full refund minus a €200 admin fee. 30–60 days: 50% refund. Under 30 days: no refund, but we will try to fill your spot and refund what we can. Travel insurance is required.
I am travelling solo — is that normal?
It is the norm. Most guests come alone; the boat makes a crew out of strangers faster than any icebreaker on land. Solo travellers share a cabin (same-gender matched) at the standard price.
Three Weeks. Eighteen Spots. June 2027.
If this page felt like your week — apply. We read every application personally, and you will hear from us within three days.
Week 2 sails under the full moon.