The Yacht Week Greece Day 6 – Staying Hydra-ted Until the End

by | Jul 20, 2023 | Greece, July 2023: The Greek Epic, Saronic Islands | 0 comments

Once again and for the very last time this weekend, most of us skipped the morning workout (today was a sunrise run) before being woken up to board a water taxi at the last minute.

With all the partying the past week we had forgotten that we signed up for an optional day trip to the photogenic island of Hydra.

 

 

A picturesque port with no cars allowed, this is the cobblestone “Venice” of Greece. You can spend hours here roaming the portside for shopping and people-watching, hosting a summit with lovers and friends, wandering the back alleys, petting donkeys, and climbing up for views of the sea from cliffside:

 

 

After a bit of shopping and helping out Umbi with getting 2 dresses for his partner, I jumped into the cold waters with Amelia for a swim by the rockside beach bar of Spilia:

 

 

Our lunch afterwards at the Greek fusion restaurant Techne was some of the best food of the trip:

 

 

After about 6 hours wandering Hydra, we jumped back into our pre-arranged water taxis at around a whopping unexpected €35 per person. We’d find out along the way that the up-charge was for them to ferry us specifically back to our makeshift raft of yachts that had already set sail back to Poros ahead of time.

 

 

Once back on our rafted fleet, we were given about 2 hours to swim before getting dressed for our final party theme: Sirens Call!

 

 

As the sun began to set and our last golden hour together flooded the air, we boarded water taxis to take us to the venue at SEEN Beach Club.

 

 

This was the night to let it all out and shoot your shot…and to find out you’re a 2x TYW Regatta Winner!

 

 

After dinner and a first round of partying at SEEN, we hopped on a private water taxi just after midnight. What followed was a chaotic couple of minutes, as we scrambled to jump from raft to raft and yacht to yacht, all while half-laughing and half-panicking. The goal? Drop off some clothes, grab our leftover booze, and make it back onto the water taxi before it circled back around. Somehow, no one fell between the yachts or into the water—a small miracle given our sleep-deprived, not-so-athletic state after a full week of partying.

With bottles in hand and adrenaline kicking in, we made it back to Malibu for one final after-after party. The night was already becoming the stuff of legend, adding to Cavo Bianco’s reputation as an unforgettable experience. We wandered shirtless along the marina, holding unopened bottles, before ditching them to rejoin the dance floor. By 3 a.m., the TYW staff insisted the water taxi couldn’t wait any longer, forcing us to call it a night. But by 4 a.m., a handful of us still awake found ourselves huddled over bowls of spicy ramen, cooked up by Taejin and Victor. It felt like a perfect ending—messy, warm, and tinged with the realization that goodbyes were looming.

The next morning was a slower, quieter affair. We squeezed in a last swim and breakfast, though only Jay and one other brave soul seemed motivated enough to join. By 2 p.m., we were back at Alimos port, exchanging tearful goodbyes and reflecting on the whirlwind week behind us. There was an unshakable feeling that this trip had left its mark on all of us in ways we wouldn’t fully understand for a while.

For those of us staying an extra day, the adventure carried on. We headed to Athens together and checked into a fancy penthouse near the Parthenon, already talking about what might come next. The story wasn’t quite over yet.

 

 

Thanks to Sidian’s suggestion, we then enjoyed one last dinner at Savvas rooftop for the 25 of us remaining.

 

 

Afterwards for sunset, we reconvened for drinks at Gina’s favorite rooftop bar at 360:

 

 

Weighed down by both the entire past week and the heat, however, we eschewed the rooftop penthouse jacuzzi for an air-conditioned wholesome winding down back at our apartments.

An attempt to watch our videos from the past week felt so emotionally taxing we called it a night soon afterwards.

 

 

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- At time of posting in Hydra, it was 29 °C - Humidity: 47% | Wind Speed: 11km/hr | Cloud Cover: heat waves after waves

 

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